be silent

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103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: swyg — refrain from speaking
• Albanian: hesht — refrain from speaking
• Arabic: صَمَتَ (ṣamata) — refrain from speaking
• Arabic: سَكَتَ (sakata) — refrain from speaking
• Armenian: լռել (lṙel) — refrain from speaking
• Azerbaijani: susmaq — refrain from speaking
• Belarusian: маўча́ць (mawčácʹ) — refrain from speaking
• Bulgarian: мълча́ (mǎlčá) — refrain from speaking
• Burmese: ဆိတ် (hcit) — refrain from speaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 緘默 /缄默 (jiānmò) — refrain from speaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 沉默 (chénmò) — refrain from speaking
• Czech: mlčet — refrain from speaking
• Danish: tie — refrain from speaking
• Dutch: zwijgen — refrain from speaking
• Esperanto: silenti — refrain from speaking
• Estonian: vaikima — refrain from speaking
• Faroese: tiga — refrain from speaking
• Finnish: vaieta — refrain from speaking
• Finnish: olla hiljaa — refrain from speaking
• French: se taire — refrain from speaking
• Georgian: გაჩუმდება (gačumdeba) — refrain from speaking
• German: schweigen — refrain from speaking
• German: still sein — refrain from speaking
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan) — refrain from speaking
• Greek: σωπαίνω (sopaíno) — refrain from speaking
• Ancient Greek: σιγάω (sigáō) — refrain from speaking
• Greenlandic: nipaappoq — refrain from speaking
• Hebrew: שָׁתַק (shaták) — refrain from speaking
• Hindi: चुप्पी लगाना (cuppī lagānā) — refrain from speaking
• Hindi: चुप रहना (cup rahnā) — refrain from speaking
• Hindi: चुप लगाना (cup lagānā) — refrain from speaking
• Hungarian: hallgat — refrain from speaking
• Hungarian: csendben van — refrain from speaking
• Hungarian: csendben marad — refrain from speaking
• Icelandic: þegja — refrain from speaking
• Irish: tost — refrain from speaking
• Italian: tacere — refrain from speaking
• Japanese: 黙る (damaru) — refrain from speaking
• Japanese: 沈黙する (chinmoku suru) — refrain from speaking
• Kashubian: môłczec — refrain from speaking
• Kazakh: үндемеу (ündemeu) — refrain from speaking
• Kazakh: сөйлемеу (söilemeu) — refrain from speaking
• Kazakh: айтпау (aitpau) — refrain from speaking
• Korean: 조용히 하다 (joyonghi hada) — refrain from speaking
• Korean: 침묵하다 (chimmukhada) — refrain from speaking
• Korean: 말하지 않다 (malhaji anta) — refrain from speaking
• Kyrgyz: унчукпоо (uncukpoo) — refrain from speaking
• Kyrgyz: үндөбөө (ündöböö) — refrain from speaking
• Kyrgyz: сүйлөбөө (süylöböö) — refrain from speaking
• Lao: ນິ້ງ (ning) — refrain from speaking
• Lao: ງຽບ (ngīap) — refrain from speaking
• Latin: taceo — refrain from speaking
• Latvian: klusēt — refrain from speaking
• Lithuanian: tylėti — refrain from speaking
• Macedonian: молчи (molči) — refrain from speaking
• Macedonian: ќути (ḱuti) — refrain from speaking
• Middle English: swīen — refrain from speaking
• Mongolian: чимээгүй суух (čimeegüj suux) — refrain from speaking
• Mongolian: амаа үдэх (amaa üdex) — refrain from speaking
• Norwegian Bokmål: tie — refrain from speaking
• Church Slavic: мльчати (mlĭčati) — refrain from speaking
• Old East Slavic: мълчати (mŭlčati) — refrain from speaking
• Old English: swīgian — refrain from speaking
• Pashto: چوپېدل (čupedǝ́l) — refrain from speaking
• Pashto: خوله نيول (xwlǝ́niwǝ́l) — refrain from speaking
• Pashto: غلي کېدل (ǧǝ́likedǝ́l) — refrain from speaking
• Pashto: کمڼېدل (kamaṇedǝ́l) — refrain from speaking
• Persian: خاموش شدن (xâmuš šodan) — refrain from speaking
• Persian: ساکت شدن (sâket šodan) — refrain from speaking
• Polish: milczeć — refrain from speaking
• Portuguese: calar-se — refrain from speaking
• Romanian: a tăcea — refrain from speaking
• Russian: молча́ть (molčátʹ) — refrain from speaking
• Russian: безмо́лвствовать (bezmólvstvovatʹ) — refrain from speaking
• Serbo-Croatian: му́чати — refrain from speaking
• Serbo-Croatian: ћу́тати — refrain from speaking
• Serbo-Croatian: ћу́тјети — refrain from speaking
• Serbo-Croatian: múčati — refrain from speaking
• Serbo-Croatian: ćútati — refrain from speaking
• Serbo-Croatian: ćútjeti — refrain from speaking
• Slovak: mlčať — refrain from speaking
• Slovene: molčati — refrain from speaking
• Lower Sorbian: mjelcaś — refrain from speaking
• Upper Sorbian: mjelčeć — refrain from speaking
• Spanish: callarse — refrain from speaking
• Swedish: tiga — refrain from speaking
• Swedish: vara tyst — refrain from speaking
• Tajik: хомӯш будан (xomüš budan) — refrain from speaking
• Tajik: сукут кардан (sukut kardan) — refrain from speaking
• Tajik: хомӯш шудан (xomüš šudan) — refrain from speaking
• Tajik: сукут шудан (sukut šudan) — refrain from speaking
• Tatar: дәшмәскә (däşmäskä) — refrain from speaking
• Thai: นิ่ง (nîng) — refrain from speaking
• Thai: เงียบ (ngîiap) — refrain from speaking
• Thai: เงียบขรึม (ngîiap-krʉ̌m) — refrain from speaking
• Turkish: susmak — refrain from speaking
• Ukrainian: мовча́ти (movčáty) — refrain from speaking
• Uzbek: sukut qilmoq — refrain from speaking
• Uzbek: jim turmoq — refrain from speaking
• Vietnamese: im lặng — refrain from speaking
• Vietnamese: lặng thinh — refrain from speaking
• Welsh: tewi — refrain from speaking
• Yiddish: שווײַגן (shvaygn) — refrain from speaking