quietar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin quiētāre, from Latin quiētārī. Doublet of the inherited quedar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kjeˈtaɾ/ [kjeˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: quie‧tar

Verb

quietar (first-person singular present quieto, first-person singular preterite quieté, past participle quietado)

1. to appease

Conjugation

    Conjugation of quietar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			quietar
gerund			quietando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		quietado		quietada
		plural		quietados		quietadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	quieto	quietastú quietásvos	quieta	quietamos	quietáis	quietan
	imperfect	quietaba	quietabas	quietaba	quietábamos	quietabais	quietaban
	preterite	quieté	quietaste	quietó	quietamos	quietasteis	quietaron
	future	quietaré	quietarás	quietará	quietaremos	quietaréis	quietarán
	conditional	quietaría	quietarías	quietaría	quietaríamos	quietaríais	quietarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	quiete	quietestú quietésvos2	quiete	quietemos	quietéis	quieten
	imperfect (ra)	quietara	quietaras	quietara	quietáramos	quietarais	quietaran
	imperfect (se)	quietase	quietases	quietase	quietásemos	quietaseis	quietasen
	future1	quietare	quietares	quietare	quietáremos	quietareis	quietaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		quietatú quietávos	quiete	quietemos	quietad	quieten
	negative		no quietes	no quiete	no quietemos	no quietéis	no quieten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of quietar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive quietar
	dative	quietarme	quietarte	quietarle, quietarse	quietarnos	quietaros	quietarles, quietarse
	accusative	quietarme	quietarte	quietarlo, quietarla, quietarse	quietarnos	quietaros	quietarlos, quietarlas, quietarse
with gerund quietando
	dative	quietándome	quietándote	quietándole, quietándose	quietándonos	quietándoos	quietándoles, quietándose
	accusative	quietándome	quietándote	quietándolo, quietándola, quietándose	quietándonos	quietándoos	quietándolos, quietándolas, quietándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative quieta
	dative	quiétame	quiétate	quiétale	quiétanos	not used	quiétales
	accusative	quiétame	quiétate	quiétalo, quiétala	quiétanos	not used	quiétalos, quiétalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative quietá
	dative	quietame	quietate	quietale	quietanos	not used	quietales
	accusative	quietame	quietate	quietalo, quietala	quietanos	not used	quietalos, quietalas
with formal second-person singular imperative quiete
	dative	quiéteme	not used	quiétele, quiétese	quiétenos	not used	quiételes
	accusative	quiéteme	not used	quiételo, quiétela, quiétese	quiétenos	not used	quiételos, quiételas
with first-person plural imperative quietemos
	dative	not used	quietémoste	quietémosle	quietémonos	quietémoos	quietémosles
	accusative	not used	quietémoste	quietémoslo, quietémosla	quietémonos	quietémoos	quietémoslos, quietémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative quietad
	dative	quietadme	not used	quietadle	quietadnos	quietaos	quietadles
	accusative	quietadme	not used	quietadlo, quietadla	quietadnos	quietaos	quietadlos, quietadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative quieten
	dative	quiétenme	not used	quiétenle	quiétennos	not used	quiétenles, quiétense
	accusative	quiétenme	not used	quiétenlo, quiétenla	quiétennos	not used	quiétenlos, quiétenlas, quiétense

Related terms

• aquietar
• quedar
• quieto

 

Further reading

• “quietar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014