Thursday, June 19, 2014

Fwd: inquieto: Dictionary.com Spanish Word of the Day

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dictionary.com Spanish Word of the Day <doctor@dictionary.com>
Date: 2014-06-18 2:00 GMT-05:00
Subject: inquieto: Dictionary.com Spanish Word of the Day
To: "Hector William G." <hectorpinillos@gmail.com>

Spanish Word of the Day
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help

inquieto, adjective
worried; restless

Inquieto is another adjective, like molesto, whose meaning depends on whether you use it with estar or ser. It’s more often used with estar, in which case you translate it as worried. Notice how por is used.

Están muy inquietos por usted.
They’re very worried about you.

Se muestra tremendamente inquieto por las llamaradas de violencia que sembran la muerte a diario.
He reveals himself to be deeply worried about the outbursts of violence which bring death on a daily basis.

When you use it with the verb ser, it means to have a restless spirit or intellect.

El público hoy es inquieto e impaciente.
The public today is restless and impatient.

Su espíritu inquieto le llevó a la experimentación.
His restless spirit led him to experiment.

Content By

Dictionary.com Spanish Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/es/	You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Spanish Word of the Day as: hectorpinillos@gmail.com
Unsubscribe	To subscribe to Spanish Word of the Day by email, please send a blank message to: join-wordoftheday-es@lists.lexico.com
©2014 by Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607	Subscriptions to The Spanish Word of the Day can be turned on and off via the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/help/faq/wordoftheday/
	Tell a friend about The Spanish Word of the Day!