tranquilo
Spanish, adjective
tranquilo is spelled T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-O (9 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,115th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tranquilo is a Spanish adjective meaning “calm, peaceful, tranquil, quiet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tranquilar. With an accent, tranquiló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of tranquilar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pacífico, sin conmoción, calmado”.
What does tranquilo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
calm, peaceful, tranquil, quiet
El campo es tranquilo.
interjection
- 1
relax! calm down!
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tranquilar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of tranquilar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Pacífico, sin conmoción, calmado. 2. De una persona que está libre de angustia, miedo, dolor, culpa o conflictos. 3. Indiferente, despreocupado, descuidado 4. Persona, cosa o animal libre y/o distante de perturbación.
interjection: 1. Para pedir calma al interlocutor.
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 tranquilo
- tranquila feminine
- tranquilos masculine plural
- tranquilas feminine plural
- ¡tranquilo! canonical masculine
- tranquilísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tranquilo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tranquilo in Spanish?
tranquilo appears 41 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).