be silent

English

Verb

be silent (third-person singular simple present is silent, present participle being silent, simple past was silent, past participle been silent)

To refrain from speaking; to say nothing. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Antonyms

speak
talk

Translations

refrain from speaking

Afrikaans: swyg (af)
Albanian: shuj
Arabic: صَمَتَ (ṣamata), سَكَتَ (sakata)
Armenian: լռել (hy) (lṙel)
Azerbaijani: susmaq (az)
Belarusian: маўча́ць impf (maŭčácʹ)
Bulgarian: мълча́ (bg) impf (mǎlčá)
Burmese: ဆိတ် (my) (hcit)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 緘默／缄默 (zh) (jiānmò), 沉默 (zh) (chénmò)
Czech: mlčet (cs) impf
Danish: tie (da)
Dutch: zwijgen (nl)
Estonian: vaikima
Faroese: tiga
Finnish: vaieta (fi), olla hiljaa
French: se taire (fr)
Georgian: გაჩუმდება (gačumdeba)
German: schweigen (de), still sein
Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan)
Greek: σωπαίνω (el) (sopaíno)
Ancient: σιγάω (sigáō)
Greenlandic: nipaappoq
Hebrew: שָׁתַק (he) (shaták)
Hindi: चुप्पी लगाना (cuppī lagānā), चुप रहना (cup rahnā), चुप लगाना (cup lagānā)
Hungarian: hallgat (hu), csendben van, csendben marad
Icelandic: þegja
Irish: tost
Italian: tacere (it)
Japanese: 黙る (ja) (だまる, damaru), 沈黙する (ja) (ちんもくする, chinmoku suru)
Kashubian: môłczec impf
Kazakh: үндемеу (ündemeu), сөйлемеу (söilemeu), айтпау (aitpau)
Korean: 조용히 하다 (joyonghi hada), 침묵하다 (chimmukhada), 말하지 않다 (malhaji anta)
Kyrgyz: унчукпоо (uncukpoo), үндөбөө (ündöböö), сүйлөбөө (süylöböö)
Lao: ນິ້ງ (ning), ງຽບ (ngīap)
Latin: taceo (la)
Latvian: klusēt
Lithuanian: tylėti (lt)
Macedonian: молчи impf (molči), ќути impf (ḱuti)
Middle English: swīen
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: чимээгүй суух (čimeegüj suux), амаа үдэх (amaa üdex)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tie (no)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: мльчати impf (mlĭčati)
Old East Slavic: мълчати impf (mŭlčati)
Old English: swīgian
Pashto: چوپېدل (čupedǝ́l), خوله نيول (xwlǝ́niwǝ́l), غلي کېدل (ǧǝ́likedǝ́l), کمڼېدل (kamaṇedǝ́l)
Persian: خاموش شدن (xâmuš šodan), ساکت شدن (fa) (sâket šodan)
Polish: milczeć (pl) impf
Portuguese: calar-se (pt)
Romanian: a tăcea (ro)
Russian: молча́ть (ru) impf (molčátʹ), безмо́лвствовать (ru) impf (bezmólvstvovatʹ) (literary)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: му́чати impf, ћу́тати impf, ћу́тјети impf

Roman: múčati (sh) impf, ćútati impf, ćútjeti impf
Slovak: mlčať impf
Slovene: molčati (sl) impf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: mjelcaś impf

Upper Sorbian: mjelčeć impf
Spanish: callarse (es)
Swedish: tiga (sv), vara tyst
Tajik: хомӯш будан (xomüš budan), сукут кардан (sukut kardan), хомӯш шудан (xomüš šudan), сукут шудан (sukut šudan)
Tatar: дәшмәскә (tt) (däşmäskä)
Thai: นิ่ง (th) (nîng), เงียบ (th) (ngîiap), เงียบขรึม (ngîiap-krʉ̌m)
Turkish: susmak (tr)
Ukrainian: мовча́ти impf (movčáty)
Uzbek: sukut qilmoq, jim turmoq
Vietnamese: im lặng (vi), lặng thinh (vi)
Welsh: tewi (cy)
Yiddish: שווײַגן (shvaygn)

Anagrams

stilbene, tensible

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