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quiet / silencioso
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quiet
A. -adjective
quieter comparative
quietest superlative
1. (=not loud) [engine] silencioso [music] tranquilo, suave [tone] bajo, quedo literary [laughter] suave
a. he said in a quiet [voice] = dijo en (un) tono bajo
2. (=silent)
2.1. [person] callado
a. to [be] quiet = estar callado
·you're very quiet today
·hoy estánoun muy callado
·be quiet!
·¡cállate!, ¡silencio!
b. to [go] quiet = quedarse callado
c. to [keep] or [stay] quiet
(=say nothing) quedarse callado
(=not make a noise) no hacer ruido
·to keep quiet [about] something
·no decir nada acerca de algo
·to keep somebody quiet: they paid him £1,000 to keep him quiet
·le pagaron 1000 libras para que se callara
·that book should keep him quiet for a while
·ese libro le tendrá entretenido durante un rato
·I gave him a biscuit to keep him quiet
·le di una galleta para que estuviese entretenido
2.2. ·to keep something quiet: keep it quiet
·no se lo digas a nadie
·he managed to keep the whole thing quiet
·consiguió que nadie se enterara del asunto
·the government has tried to keep the matter quiet
·el gobierno ha intentado mantener el asunto en secreto
2.3. [place] silencioso
·it was dark and the streets were quiet
·era de noche y las calles estaban silenciosas
·isn't it quiet!
·¡qué silencio!
a. it was quiet as the grave había un silencio sepulcral
3. (=peaceful, not busy) [life, night, village, area] tranquilo
·they lead a quiet [life]
·llevan una vida tranquila
·he'll do anything for a quiet life
·hará lo que sea para que lo dejen en paz
·the patient has had a quiet [night]
·el paciente ha pasado una noche tranquila
·this town is too quiet for me
·esta ciudad es demasiado tranquila para masculineí
·the shops will be quieter today
·las tiendas estaránoun masculineánoun tranquilas hoy, hoy habrá menos jaleo en las tiendas
·[business] is quiet at this time of year
·hay poco movimiento en esta época
a. everybody needs a quiet [time] = todo el mundo necesita un rato de tranquilidad
·those were quiet times
·aquél fue un tiempo de tranquilidad
b. all quiet on the Western front no hay moros en la costa
4. (=calm, placid) [person] callado [temperament] tranquilo, sosegado [dog, horse] manso
·my daughter is a very quiet girl
·mi hija es una chica muy callada
·we have very quiet neighbours
·tenemos unos vecinos muy tranquilos
5. (=discreet) [manner, decor, style] discreto [clothes, dress] discreto, no llamativo [colour] suave, apagado [despair] callado [optimism] comedido [ceremony] íntimo
·the decoration was in quiet good taste
·la decoraciónoun era de un gusto discreto
·with quiet humour he said ...
·con un humor discreto dijo ...
·we had a quiet lunch/supper
·comimos/cenamos en la intimidad
·it was a quiet funeral/wedding
·el funeral/la boda se celebró en la intimidad
a. to have a quiet [dig] at somebody = burlarse discretamente de somebody, someone
b. we had a quiet [laugh] over it = nos reímos en privado
c. I'll have a quiet [word] with him = hablaré discretamente con él
B. -noun
1. (=silence) silencio (m)
·let'noun have complete quiet for a few minutes
·vamos a tener unos minutos de completo silencio
·in the quiet of the night
·en el silencio de la noche
a. [on] the quiet = a escondidas
2. (=peacefulness) tranquilidad (f)
·there was a period of quiet after the fighting
·hubo un periodo de tranquilidad tras los enfrentamientos
C. -transitive verb
D. -intransitive verb
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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