tranquilo
Portuguese, adjective
tranquilo is spelled T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-O (9 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,625th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tranquilo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “calm; peaceful; tranquil (without motion or sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, tranqüilo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. With an accent, tranqùilo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of tranquilo”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quieto”.
What does tranquilo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
calm; peaceful; tranquil (without motion or sound)
O mar está tranquilo.
- 2
calm, tranquil (free from emotional or mental disturbance)
Graças às suas reclamações, não estou mais tranquilo.
interjection
- 1
BrazilcolloquialOK; no problem; all right
– Pode buscar os livros? – Tranquilo.
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of tranquilo; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of tranquilo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. quieto 2. sossegado 3. calmo 4. sereno
adjective: 1. vide tranquilo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tranquilo
- tranquila feminine
- tranquilos masculine plural
- tranquilas feminine plural
- mais tranquilo comparative
- o mais tranquilo superlative
- tranquilíssimo superlative
- tranquilinho diminutive
- tranquilão augmentative
- tranqüilo alternative
- tranqùilo alternative
- tranquillo alternative
- tranqüila feminine
- tranqüilos masculine plural
- tranqüilas feminine plural
- tranqùila feminine
- tranqùilos masculine plural
- tranqùilas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
tranquilo appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).