tacere

See also: tăcere

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tacēre, from Proto-Italic *takēō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tak- or *tHk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈt͡ʃe.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: ta‧cé‧re

Verb

tacére (first-person singular present tàccio, first-person singular past historic tàcqui, past participle taciùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to be silent, to keep quiet
    Su ciò di cui non si può parlare, si deve tacere.Whereof one cannot speak, one must be silent.
  2. (intransitive) to quiet down, to shut up
  3. (intransitive) to keep mum, to refuse to reveal information
  4. (intransitive) to cease, to stop
    far tacere una protestato shut down a protest (literally, “to make a protest stop”)
  5. (transitive) to not disclose or reveal (information, problems, etc.)
    Synonym: non rivelare
  6. (transitive) to omit, to leave out (details, etc.)
    Synonym: tralasciare
  7. (transitive) to imply (a subject)
    Synonym: sottintendere
  8. (transitive) to hide (an emotion, etc.)
    Synonym: nascondere

Conjugation

Including lesser-used forms:

Noun

tacere m (uncountable)

  1. silence

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Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

tacēre

  1. inflection of taceō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

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