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tacere

Pronunciation: /taˈt͡ʃe.re/

“tacere” is an Italian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to be silent, to keep quiet
  2. to quiet down, to shut up
  3. to keep mum, to refuse to reveal information
  4. to cease, to stop
  5. to not disclose or reveal (information, problems, etc.)
  6. to omit, to leave out (details, etc.)
  7. to imply (a subject)
  8. to hide (an emotion, etc.)

noun

  1. silence

In Italian

  1. stare muto

Etymology

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

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