tranquillo
Spanish, noun/tɾanˈkiʝo/
tranquillo is spelled T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-L-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 106,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tranquillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “the hang of it, chiefly in the construction below” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Modo o hábito especial que se aprende empírica o casualmente y mediante el cual una operación o trabajo se…”.
What does tranquillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spaincolloquialmasculinethe hang of it, chiefly in the construction below
cogerle/pillarle el tranquillo a algo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Modo o hábito especial que se aprende empírica o casualmente y mediante el cual una operación o trabajo se realiza con más éxito y destreza o una máquina se maneja con más facilidad. 2. Tranco, umbral de la puerta. 3. Indicación expresiva italiana que señala una ejecución tranquila, plácida sin forzar la expresión, los acentos o el ritmo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tranquillo
- tranquillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tranquillo?
- /tɾanˈkiʝo/
- [t̪ɾãŋˈki.ʝo]
- [t̪ɾãŋˈkiʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tranquillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tranquillo in Spanish?
tranquillo appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).