Phrase guide

shut up

adj · intj · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ʃʌt ʌp/
  • UK: [ʃʌt ʌp]
  • UK: [ʃʌt̚ ʌp]
  • US: /ʃʌt ʌp/
  • US: [ʃʌɾʌp]
  • Yorkshire: /ʃʊɹʊp/
  • Yorkshire: [ʃʊɹʊp]
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Closed up or off, as in a building that no one is to enter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2010. Jem (And Sam). Ferdinand Mount. She did not come to Court, but she must have been taken to Montagu's house, for the Clerkenwell house was all shut up and was to be sold.
  • 1865. The Wisconsin Farmer, and Northwestern Cultivator, Volume 17. Pg. 75. Open sheds are too much exposed to drifting snow, and they cannot be shut up and made warm enough for early lambing.
  • 1880. An Earnest Trifler. Mary Aplin Sprague. Pg. 166. Beaudeck is a very shut-up place.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

intj

Meaning 2

Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk), arguing, crying, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: highly impolite; dismissal; highly impolite; dismissal

Examples

  • Shut up! We're sick of your whining!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shut it, be quiet, shh, shush, silence

Antonyms: none provided

3

intj

Meaning 3

I don't believe it!, no way!

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

  • I got accepted to Yale! —Shut up, really? That's awesome!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: get out, never, no, no way, stop it, yeah right, you don't say, shut the front door, I'll go to the foot of the stairs

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To close (a building) so that no one can enter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: close off, seal up

Antonyms: open, open up, reopen

5

verb

Meaning 5

To terminate (a business).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: end, terminate, wind up

Antonyms: establish, set up, start, start up

6

verb

Meaning 6

To put (someone or something) in a secure enclosed space, such as a room or container.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The wicked prince was shut up in the castle dungeon.
  • The engineer had shut the locomotive up in the shed for twenty years.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lock up, lock in, seal in, stash, stash away

Antonyms: release

7

verb

Meaning 7

Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, ergative, imperative, often

Examples

  • You are talking so loud that I can't hear the music – would you mind shutting up?
  • He was blathering on about something, but I managed to shut him up.
  • She told us earlier that none of what you just said was true, so shut up!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shush, hush, silence, quieten

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To murder, kill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, slang, transitive

Examples

  • I just heard that your wife was trying to shut you up for the insurance money.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: annihilate, bag, baptize, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bump off, bury, cack, compromised to a permanent end, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, ex, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, grease, knock off, lay waste to, make away with, merc, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, pop off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put someone out of their misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, shut up, slay, slaughter, slime out, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, stop someone's clock, take, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, top off, top, torpedo, take care of, take down, take out, waste, wax, wet, whack, wipe out, wreck

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

cause to be quiet or not talk

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Please silence the children in the church!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hush, quieten, silence, still, hush up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb

Narrower terms: shush, lull, calm down, shout down, gag, muzzle

10

verb

Meaning 10

refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The children shut up when their father approached

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: close up, clam up, dummy up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend
  • She locked her jewels in the safe

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut away, lock up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: confine

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

437 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bly stil — "Stop talking."
  • Albanian: shët! — "Stop talking."
  • Albanian: qetësi! — "Stop talking."
  • Albanian: mbylle gojën! — "Stop talking."
  • Arabic: صَه (ṣah) — "Stop talking."
  • Arabic: اُسْكُت (uskut) — "Stop talking."
  • Arabic: اِخْرَس (iḵras) — "Stop talking."
  • Arabic: إخراس! (ʔexrās!) — "Stop talking."
  • Arabic: أخرسي! (ʔexrāsī!) — "Stop talking."
  • Arabic: اسكت (askut) — "Stop talking."
  • Arabic: انخرس (anḵaris) — "Stop talking."
  • Arabic: انطم (anṭam) — "Stop talking."
  • Arabic: بلَّع فمك! (bellaʕ fummuk!) — "Stop talking."
  • Arabic: سكت (skut) — "Stop talking."
  • Arabic: سكر نيعك! — "Stop talking."
  • Arabic: سكر بوزك! — "Stop talking."
  • Armenian: լռի՛ր (lṙír) — "Stop talking."
  • Basque: isildu — "Stop talking."
  • Belarusian: заткні́цеся! (zatknícjesja!) — "Stop talking."
  • Belarusian: зябі́ ля́пу! (zjabí ljápu!) — "Stop talking."
  • Breton: serr da veg — "Stop talking."
  • Breton: serr da veol — "Stop talking."
  • Bulgarian: млъкни! (mlǎkni!) — "Stop talking."
  • Burmese: ပါးစပ်ပိတ်ထား (pa:cappithta:) — "Stop talking."
  • Chinese Cantonese: 收聲 /收声 (sau1 seng1) — "Stop talking."
  • Chinese Cantonese: 收嗲 (sau1 de1) — "Stop talking."
  • Chinese Cantonese: 收皮 (sau1 pei4) — "Stop talking."
  • Chinese: 恬喙 (tiām chhùi) — "Stop talking."
  • Chinese: 恬去 (zh-min-nan) — "Stop talking."
  • Chinese Mandarin: 閉嘴 /闭嘴 (bìzuǐ) — "Stop talking."
  • Chinese Mandarin: 住口 (zhùkǒu) — "Stop talking."
  • Chinook Jargon: k'aʔ — "Stop talking."
  • East Circassian: щыгъэт (śəğɛt) — "Stop talking."
  • West Circassian: щыгъэт (śəğɛt) — "Stop talking."
  • Ngazidja Comorian: ɗaza — "Stop talking."
  • Corsican: stà zittu — "Stop talking."
  • Corsican: zittu — "Stop talking."
  • Czech: mlč — "Stop talking."
  • Czech: mlčte — "Stop talking."
  • Czech: drž hubu — "Stop talking."
  • Czech: držte hubu — "Stop talking."
  • Danish: hold kæft — "Stop talking."
  • Dutch: hou je kop — "Stop talking."
  • Dutch: kop dicht — "Stop talking."
  • Dutch: hou je smoel — "Stop talking."
  • Dutch: hou je bek — "Stop talking."
  • Esperanto: silentu — "Stop talking."
  • Estonian: suu kinni! — "Stop talking."
  • Estonian: ole vait — "Stop talking."
  • Estonian: jää vait — "Stop talking."
  • Finnish: ole hiljaa — "Stop talking."
  • Finnish: olkaa hiljaa — "Stop talking."
  • Finnish: hiljaa — "Stop talking."
  • Finnish: suu tukkoon — "Stop talking."
  • Finnish: turpa kiinni — "Stop talking."
  • French: tais-toi! informal — "Stop talking."
  • French: taisez-vous! formal or plural — "Stop talking."
  • French: ferme-la! informal and impolite — "Stop talking."
  • French: boucle-la! informal and impolite — "Stop talking."
  • French: la ferme! informal and impolite — "Stop talking."
  • French: ta gueule! informal and very impolite — "Stop talking."
  • Galician: cala — "Stop talking."
  • Galician: cala a boca — "Stop talking."
  • Georgian: მოკეტე (moḳeṭe) — "Stop talking."
  • Georgian: ხმა ჩაიკმინდე (xma čaiḳminde) — "Stop talking."
  • German: halt den Mund — "Stop talking."
  • German: halt dein Maul — "Stop talking."
  • German: halt die Fresse — "Stop talking."
  • German: halt die Klappe — "Stop talking."
  • German: halt's Maul — "Stop talking."
  • German: halt den Rand — "Stop talking."
  • Greek: σκασμός (skasmós) — "Stop talking."
  • Greek: σκάσε (skáse) — "Stop talking."
  • Greek: βούλωσέ το (voúlosé to) — "Stop talking."
  • Greek: ησυχία informal (isikhía) — "Stop talking."
  • Greek: πάψε informal (pápse) — "Stop talking."
  • Hebrew: שתוק (shtók) — "Stop talking."
  • Hebrew: סתום (stóm) — "Stop talking."
  • Hebrew: סתום ת׳פה (stóm tapé) — "Stop talking."
  • Hiligaynon: hipus! — "Stop talking."
  • Hindi: चुप रहो! (cup raho!) — "Stop talking."
  • Hindi: चुप रह! (cup rah!) — "Stop talking."
  • Hindi: चुप रहिए (cup rahie) — "Stop talking."
  • Hungarian: kuss — "Stop talking."
  • Hungarian: pofa be — "Stop talking."
  • Hungarian: fogd be — "Stop talking."
  • Hungarian: csend legyen — "Stop talking."
  • Ido: tacez — "Stop talking."
  • Irish: éist do bhéal — "Stop talking."
  • Irish: dún do bhéal — "Stop talking."
  • Irish: dún do chlab — "Stop talking."
  • Italian: chiudi la bocca — "Stop talking."
  • Italian: stai zitto — "Stop talking."
  • Italian: taci — "Stop talking."
  • Italian: tappati — "Stop talking."
  • Italian: zitto — "Stop talking."
  • Italian: state zitti — "Stop talking."
  • Italian: tacete — "Stop talking."
  • Italian: zitti — "Stop talking."
  • Italian: silenzio — "Stop talking."
  • Jamaican Creole: kibba yuh mouth — "Stop talking."
  • Japanese: だまれ (damare) — "Stop talking."
  • Japanese: うるさい (urusai) — "Stop talking."
  • Japanese: お静かに (o-shizuka ni) — "Stop talking."
  • Japanese: お黙り (o-damari) — "Stop talking."
  • Kankanaey: shadap — "Stop talking."
  • Khmer: ឈប់និយាយ (chup ni’yiey) — "Stop talking."
  • Korean: 시끄러워 (sikkeureowo) — "Stop talking."
  • Korean: 닥쳐 (dakcheo) — "Stop talking."
  • Korean: 시끄러 (sikkeureo) — "Stop talking."
  • Lao: ຫຸບປາກ (hup pāk) — "Stop talking."
  • Latin: tace — "Stop talking."
  • Latin: tacete — "Stop talking."
  • Latin: favete linguis — "Stop talking."
  • Latvian: apklusti — "Stop talking."
  • Latvian: aizver muti — "Stop talking."
  • Lithuanian: tylėk — "Stop talking."
  • Lithuanian: tylėkite — "Stop talking."
  • Lithuanian: nutilk — "Stop talking."
  • Lithuanian: nutilkite — "Stop talking."
  • Lithuanian: užsičiaupk — "Stop talking."
  • Lithuanian: užsičiaupkite — "Stop talking."
  • Malay: diam — "Stop talking."
  • Mongolian: хаалттай (xaalttaj) — "Stop talking."
  • Navajo: nizghééʼ — "Stop talking."
  • Norwegian: hold kjeft — "Stop talking."
  • Norwegian: hold tåta — "Stop talking."
  • Norwegian: kjeften — "Stop talking."
  • Norwegian: kjeft — "Stop talking."
  • Norwegian: hold munn — "Stop talking."
  • Occitan: cala-te — "Stop talking."
  • Occitan: calatz-vos — "Stop talking."
  • Occitan: cala — "Stop talking."
  • Occitan: calatz — "Stop talking."
  • Old Norse: þegi þú — "Stop talking."
  • Persian: خفه شو (xafe šow) — "Stop talking."
  • Persian: زر نزن (zer nazan) — "Stop talking."
  • Pohnpeian: aumat — "Stop talking."
  • Polish: zamknij się — "Stop talking."
  • Polish: zamknijcie się — "Stop talking."
  • Polish: zamknij ryj — "Stop talking."
  • Polish: zamknijcie ryje — "Stop talking."
  • Polish: morda w kubeł — "Stop talking."
  • Polish: zamknij dupę — "Stop talking."
  • Polish: stul dziób — "Stop talking."
  • Polish: stul pysk — "Stop talking."
  • Polish: zamknij mordę — "Stop talking."
  • Portuguese: cala a boca — "Stop talking."
  • Portuguese: cale-se — "Stop talking."
  • Portuguese: cale a boca — "Stop talking."
  • Portuguese: cala-te — "Stop talking."
  • Punjabi: ਚੁੱਪ ਕਰ! (cuppa kara!) — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: taci din gură — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: taci — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: gura — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: tăceți — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: taci naibii — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: taci dracului — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: taci în mă-ta — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: taci în mă-sa — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: taci în pula mea — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: taci în pizda mă-tii — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: taci în pizda mă-sii — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: taci în futere — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: taci în pula calului — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: taci dracu' — "Stop talking."
  • Romanian: taci naiba — "Stop talking."
  • Russian: заткни́сь (zatknísʹ) — "Stop talking."
  • Russian: заткни́тесь (zatknítesʹ) — "Stop talking."
  • Russian: замолчи́ (zamolčí) — "Stop talking."
  • Russian: замолчи́те (zamolčíte) — "Stop talking."
  • Russian: закро́й рот (zakrój rot) — "Stop talking."
  • Russian: закро́йте рот (zakrójte rot) — "Stop talking."
  • Russian: закро́й пизда́к (zakrój pizdák) — "Stop talking."
  • Scots: haud yer wheesht — "Stop talking."
  • Scottish Gaelic: dùin do chab — "Stop talking."
  • Serbo-Croatian: začepi! — "Stop talking."
  • Serbo-Croatian: šuti! — "Stop talking."
  • Serbo-Croatian: začepi gubicu! — "Stop talking."
  • Serbo-Croatian: začepi gubec! — "Stop talking."
  • Serbo-Croatian: zaveži! — "Stop talking."
  • Serbo-Croatian: muči! — "Stop talking."
  • Spanish: cállate la boca — "Stop talking."
  • Spanish: cállate — "Stop talking."
  • Spanish: cierra la boca — "Stop talking."
  • Spanish: callad — "Stop talking."
  • Spanish: cállanse — "Stop talking."
  • Spanish: cállese — "Stop talking."
  • Spanish: silencio — "Stop talking."
  • Spanish: cállate el hocico — "Stop talking."
  • Spanish: cierra el pico — "Stop talking."
  • Swedish: håll tyst — "Stop talking."
  • Swedish: håll käften — "Stop talking."
  • Swedish: tig — "Stop talking."
  • Swedish: håll mun — "Stop talking."
  • Swedish: håll klaffen — "Stop talking."
  • Swedish: käften — "Stop talking."
  • Swedish: käft — "Stop talking."
  • Tagalog: tumahimik ka! — "Stop talking."
  • Tamil: வாயை மூடு (vāyai mūṭu) — "Stop talking."
  • Tày: bắt — "Stop talking."
  • Tày: đắp — "Stop talking."
  • Thai: หุบปาก (hùp-bpàak) — "Stop talking."
  • Turkish: kapa çeneni — "Stop talking."
  • Turkish: sus — "Stop talking."
  • Turkish: kes sesini — "Stop talking."
  • Ukrainian: заткни́ся! (zatknýsja!) — "Stop talking."
  • Ukrainian: замо́вкни! (zamóvkny!) — "Stop talking."
  • Ukrainian: закри́й пизда́к (zakrýj pyzdák) — "Stop talking."
  • Ukrainian: стули́ пе́льку (stulý pélʹku) — "Stop talking."
  • Urdu: چپ رہو! (cup raho!) — "Stop talking."
  • Urdu: چپ رہ! (cup rah!) — "Stop talking."
  • Urdu: چپ رہئے! (cup rahie!) — "Stop talking."
  • Vietnamese: câm — "Stop talking."
  • Vietnamese: câm mồm — "Stop talking."
  • Vietnamese: câm miệng — "Stop talking."
  • Vietnamese: ngậm miệng — "Stop talking."
  • Vietnamese: câm đi — "Stop talking."
  • Vietnamese: câm đê — "Stop talking."
  • Vietnamese: im đi — "Stop talking."
  • Vietnamese: im — "Stop talking."
  • Vietnamese: im đê — "Stop talking."
  • Vietnamese: im mồm — "Stop talking."
  • Welsh: cau dy geg — "Stop talking."
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרמאַך דײַן פּיסק (farmakh dayn pisk) — "Stop talking."
  • Danish: det mener du ikke — "I don't believe it!"
  • Dutch: ga weg! — "I don't believe it!"
  • Dutch: dat meen je niet! — "I don't believe it!"
  • Dutch: nooit! — "I don't believe it!"
  • Finnish: älä sano! — "I don't believe it!"
  • Finnish: höpö-höpö! — "I don't believe it!"
  • French: arrête ! — "I don't believe it!"
  • French: tu plaisantes ! — "I don't believe it!"
  • French: c'est pas vrai ! — "I don't believe it!"
  • Georgian: არ არსებობს (ar arsebobs) — "I don't believe it!"
  • Greek: έλα (éla) — "I don't believe it!"
  • Greek: άντε (ánte) — "I don't believe it!"
  • Greek: τι λες τώρα (ti les tóra) — "I don't believe it!"
  • Greek: σώπα (sópa) — "I don't believe it!"
  • Greek: τι μου λες (ti mou les) — "I don't believe it!"
  • Hebrew: דַּי (day) — "I don't believe it!"
  • Hungarian: nem mondod — "I don't believe it!"
  • Hungarian: micsoda — "I don't believe it!"
  • Italian: ma va! — "I don't believe it!"
  • Japanese: うそ (uso) — "I don't believe it!"
  • Norwegian: det mener du ikke — "I don't believe it!"
  • Polish: nie gadaj! — "I don't believe it!"
  • Polish: co ty gadasz — "I don't believe it!"
  • Portuguese: mentira! — "I don't believe it!"
  • Spanish: no me digas — "I don't believe it!"
  • Spanish: cállate la boca! — "I don't believe it!"
  • Swedish: vad säger du — "I don't believe it!"
  • Swedish: du skojar — "I don't believe it!"
  • Swedish: seriöst — "I don't believe it!"
  • Swedish: lägg av — "I don't believe it!"
  • Tagalog: hindi nga! — "I don't believe it!"
  • Turkish: ne diyorsun — "I don't believe it!"
  • Turkish: inanmıyorum — "I don't believe it!"
  • Bulgarian: затварям (zatvarjam) — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Czech: zamknout — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Danish: låse — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Danish: låse af — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Finnish: sulkea — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Finnish: lukita — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • French: fermer — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Ancient Greek: κατακλείω (katakleíō) — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Hiligaynon: saradhi — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Hungarian: becsuk — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Hungarian: becsap — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Hungarian: bezár — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Hungarian: lezár — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Japanese: 封鎖する (fūsa suru) — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Norwegian Bokmål: låse — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Norwegian Bokmål: låse av — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stenge — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: låsa — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: låsa av — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stengja — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Polish: zamknąć — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Spanish: cerrar — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Swedish: stänga — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Swedish: låsa — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Tagalog: isara — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Turkish: kilitlemek — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Turkish: kapatmak — close (a building) so that no one can enter
  • Bulgarian: затварям (zatvarjam) — terminate (a business)
  • Danish: lukke — terminate (a business)
  • Finnish: sulkea — terminate (a business)
  • Finnish: lopettaa (toiminta) — terminate (a business)
  • Hungarian: bezár — terminate (a business)
  • Hungarian: befejez — terminate (a business)
  • Japanese: たたむ (tatamu) — terminate (a business)
  • Latin: arceō — terminate (a business)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avslutte — terminate (a business)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: avslutta — terminate (a business)
  • Polish: zamknąć — terminate (a business)
  • Russian: запере́ть (zaperétʹ) — terminate (a business)
  • Spanish: cerrar — terminate (a business)
  • Spanish: clausurar — terminate (a business)
  • Swedish: stänga — terminate (a business)
  • Swedish: slå igen — terminate (a business)
  • Albanian: n'gujo (gheg) — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Bulgarian: затварям (zatvarjam) — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Danish: låse ind — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Finnish: sulkea — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Finnish: teljetä — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Finnish: vangita — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • French: enfermer — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • French: renfermer — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Hungarian: bezár — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Japanese: 監禁する (kankin suru) — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Latin: includo — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Norwegian Bokmål: låse inn — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: låsa inn — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Polish: zamknąć — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Russian: запере́ть (zaperétʹ) — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Spanish: encerrar — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Swedish: låsa in — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Swedish: bura in — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Tagalog: ikulong — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Tagalog: ilagay — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Tagalog: itago — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Turkish: hapsetmek — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Turkish: kapatmak — enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • Bulgarian: затварям (zatvarjam) — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • Danish: låse ind — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • Finnish: laittaa talteen — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • French: enfermer — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • French: renfermer — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • Hungarian: elzár — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • Japanese: 封印する (fūin suru) — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • Polish: zamknąć — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • Russian: запере́ть (zaperétʹ) — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • Spanish: encerrar — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • Spanish: guardar — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • Spanish: resguardar — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • Swedish: låsa in — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • Turkish: kapatmak — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • Turkish: kilitlemek — put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
  • Albanian: shuj — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Arabic: كَمَّمَ الفَمَ (kammama l-fama) — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Bulgarian: карам да замълчи (karam da zamǎlči) — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Catalan: callar — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Chinook Jargon: k'aʔ — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Dutch: kop dicht — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Finnish: hiljentää — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Finnish: vaientaa — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Finnish: tehdä hiljaiseksi — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Finnish: sulkea suu — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Finnish: tukkia suu — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • French: faire taire — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • French: taire — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Galician: calar — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • German: Mund stopfen — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • German: shut someone's trap: Maul stopfen — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Hebrew: הִשְׁתִּיק (hishtíq) — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Hungarian: elhallgattat — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Italian: zittire — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Italian: chiudere il becco — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Japanese: 黙らせる (damaraseru) — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Occitan: calar — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Persian: خفه کردن (xafe kardan) — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Polish: zamknąć — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Portuguese: calar — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Russian: заткну́ть (zatknútʹ) — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Spanish: callar — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Spanish: acallar — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Spanish: callantar — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Spanish: acallantar — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Swedish: tysta — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Swedish: kväsa — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Turkish: susturmak — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Turkish: çenesini kapatmak — transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
  • Bulgarian: млъквам (mlǎkvam) — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Chinook Jargon: k'aʔ — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Maore Comorian: uɓuriha — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Ngazidja Comorian: uɗaza — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Czech: držet hubu — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Danish: holde mund — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Danish: holde kæft — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Danish: klappe i — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Danish: klappe kaje — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Dutch: zwijgen — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Dutch: stilvallen — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Finnish: hiljetä — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Finnish: vaieta — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Finnish: sulkea suunsa — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • French: se taire — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • French: la fermer — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Galician: calar — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • German: den Mund halten — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Hebrew: שָׁתַק (shatáq) — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Hindi: चुप होना (cup honā) — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Hungarian: kussol — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Hungarian: elkussol — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Hungarian: bekussol — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Hungarian: befogja a száját — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Hungarian: befogja a pofáját — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Hungarian: elhallgat — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Hungarian: elnémul — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Italian: fare silenzio — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Italian: star zitto — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Italian: tacere — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Italian: chiudere il becco — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Japanese: 静かにする (shizuka ni suru) — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Latin: taceo — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Latin: conticeo — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Malay: diam — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Malay: senyap — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Māori: whakangūngū — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Māori: taipa — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Norwegian: ti stille — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Norwegian: holde kjeft — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Norwegian Bokmål: holde kjeft — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Norwegian Bokmål: holde munn — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tie — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: halda kjeft — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: halda munn — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teia — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Persian: خفه شدن (xafe šodan) — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Polish: zamknąć się — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Portuguese: calar-se — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Portuguese: calar a boca — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Russian: заткну́ться (zatknútʹsja) — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Spanish: callarse — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Spanish: cerrar la boca — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Spanish: callar — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Swedish: tiga — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Tagalog: tumahimik — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Tamil: வாயை பொத்து (vāyai pottu) — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Tày: bắt — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Tày: đắp — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Turkish: susmak — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Ukrainian: стули́ти пе́льку (stulýty pélʹku) — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Ukrainian: стуля́ти пе́льку (stuljáty pélʹku) — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרמאַכן דעם פּיסק (farmakhn dem pisk) — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
  • Záparo: yánunu — intransitive: to stop talking or making noise