tacere

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

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

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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 protesta ― to 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

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tacere m (plural taceri)

1. silence

• cerate, create, recate

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /taˈkeː.re/, [t̪äˈkeːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /taˈt͡ʃe.re/, [t̪äˈt͡ʃɛːre]

tacēre

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

• cetera