inkwieta

Maltese

Alternative forms
  • nkwieta (chiefly informal, after a vowel)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian nquitari and/or Italian inquietare, both from Latin inquietare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈkwɪː.ta/
  • Homophone: inkwietha

Verb

inkwieta (imperfect jinkwieta, past participle inkwetat or inkwitat)

  1. (transitive) to worry (cause someone worries)
    Synonym: ħasseb
    Din hija ħaġa li tinkwetani ħafna.
    This is something that worries me a lot.
  2. (intransitive or reflexive) to worry (be worried)
    Synonym: tħasseb
    M’għandniex ninkwetaw (ruħna) wisq.
    We shouldn’t worry too much.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of inkwieta
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m inkwetajt inkwetajt inkwieta inkwetajna inkwetajtu inkwetaw
f inkwetat
imperfect m ninkwieta tinkwieta jinkwieta ninkwetaw tinkwetaw jinkwetaw
f tinkwieta
imperative inkwieta inkwetaw
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