inquietante
See also: inquiétante
Italian
Etymology
Present participle of inquietare, influenced by French inquiétant, from Late Latin inquiētantem (“disturbing”), present active participle of inquiētō (“to disturb, disquiet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.kwjeˈtan.te/, /in.kwi.eˈtan.te/[1]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: in‧quie‧tàn‧te, in‧qui‧e‧tàn‧te
Participle
inquietante (plural inquietanti)
- present participle of inquietare
Adjective
inquietante (plural inquietanti)
- disturbing, disquieting, alarming
- Synonyms: allarmante, preoccupante, sconvolgente
- Antonyms: rassicurante, tranquillizzante
- (figurative) perturbing, exciting
- Synonyms: conturbante, perturbante, sconvolgente
- Antonyms: rasserenante, tranquillizzante
Related terms
- inquietare
- inquieto
- inquietudine
References
- inquieto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Participle
inquiētante
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of inquiētāns
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inquiētāns.
Adjective
inquietante (plural inquietantes)
- worrying, disturbing
Derived terms
- inquietantemente
Further reading
- “inquietante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014