What does tacere in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word tacere in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use tacere in Italian.
The word tacere in Italian means be quiet, keep quiet, fall silent, stop talking, cease, stop, be still, omit, withhold, conceal, silence, quiet, silence, speak now or forever hold your peace. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word tacere
be quiet, keep quietverbo intransitivo (restare in silenzio) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") Maria taceva mentre il padre la sgridava. Maria kept quiet while her father yelled at her. |
fall silent, stop talkingverbo intransitivo (smettere di parlare) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") Taci! Non sai quello che stai dicendo. Stop talking! You don't even know what you're saying. |
cease, stop, be stillverbo intransitivo (estensione, figurato (cessare di emettere suoni) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") I cannoni tacquero all'improvviso. The cannons stopped suddenly. |
omit, withhold, concealverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (omettere, non dire) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Ha confessato, ma ha taciuto i nomi dei complici. He confessed, but he omitted (or: withheld) the names of his accomplices. |
silence, quietsostantivo maschile (il tacere, silenzio) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Tacere è una dote che non tutti posseggono. Silence is a gift that not all people possess. |
silence
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speak now or forever hold your peace
(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.") |
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