keep quiet

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

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To remain silent.
Granny is asleep, so keep quiet while you play.
(idiomatic) To refrain from talking about something; to keep a secret.
Remember it's a surprise party, so keep quiet about it.

Translations

remain silent

Arabic: صَمَتَ‎ (ṣamata)
Armenian: լռել (hy) (lṙel)
Aromanian: tac
Azerbaijani: susmaq (az)
Belarusian: маўча́ць impf (maŭčácʹ)
Bulgarian: мълча́ (bg) impf (mǎlčá)
Catalan: callar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 緘默／缄默 (zh) (jiānmò), 沉默 (zh) (chénmò)
Czech: mlčet (cs) impf
Dalmatian: tacar
Danish: tie (da)
Dutch: zwijgen (nl)
Estonian: vait olema, vaikima
Finnish: olla hiljaa, vaieta (fi)
French: se taire (fr), garder le silence (fr)
Friulian: tasê
Georgian: სიჩუმის დაცვა (sičumis dacva), გაჩუმდება (gačumdeba)
German: schweigen (de)
Greek: σωπαίνω (el) (sopaíno)
Hawaiian: noho mālie
Hebrew: שָׁתַק‎ (he) (shaták)
Hindi: चुप रहना (cup rahnā)
Hungarian: (refrain from making any noise) csendben van, csendes (hu), csendesen van, (keep silent, refrain from speaking) hallgat (hu), csendben marad
Icelandic: þegja
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: ມິດ (mit)
Latin: taceō (la)
Latvian: klusēt
Lithuanian: tylėti (lt)
Lushootseed: ʔiyəqcut
Macedonian: мо́лчи impf (mólči), ќу́ти impf (ḱúti)
Maori: whakahū
Ngazidja Comorian: urua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tie (no)
Occitan: calar (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: мльчати impf (mlĭčati)
Old East Slavic: мълчати impf (mŭlčati)
Polish: milczeć (pl) impf
Portuguese: ficar quieto, calar-se
Romani:
Kalo Finnish Romani: ȟukkar
Romanian: tăcea (ro)
Russian: молча́ть (ru) impf (molčátʹ)
Sardinian: cagliai, cagliare, citiri
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мучати impf, ћутати impf, ћутјети impf

Roman: mučati (sh) impf, ćutati impf, ćutjeti impf
Sicilian: taciri (scn), tàciri (scn)
Slovak: mlčať impf
Slovene: molčati (sl) impf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: mjelcaś impf

Upper Sorbian: mjelčeć impf
Spanish: callar (es)
Swedish: tiga (sv), hålla tyst (sv)
Tajik: хомӯш будан (xomüš budan), сукут кардан (sukut kardan), хомӯш шудан (xomüš šudan)
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)

refrain from talking about something

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: pitää suunsa kiinni
Hungarian: hallgat (hu)
Russian: ума́лчивать (ru) impf (umálčivatʹ), ута́ивать (ru) impf (utáivatʹ), недогова́ривать (ru) impf (nedogovárivatʹ)

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