"keep quiet" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-keep quiet.ogg [Australia] Forms: keeps quiet [present, singular, third-person], keeping quiet [participle, present], kept quiet [participle, past], kept quiet [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> quiet}} keep quiet (third-person singular simple present keeps quiet, present participle keeping quiet, simple past and past participle kept quiet)
  1. To remain silent. Translations (remain silent): صَمَتَ (ṣamata) (Arabic), լռել (lṙel) (Armenian), tac (Aromanian), susmaq (Azerbaijani), маўча́ць (maŭčácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), мълча́ (mǎlčá) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), callar (Catalan), 緘默 (Chinese Mandarin), 缄默 (jiānmò) (Chinese Mandarin), 沉默 (chénmò) (Chinese Mandarin), мльчати (mlĭčati) [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Church Slavic), mlčet [imperfective] (Czech), tacar (Dalmatian), tie (Danish), zwijgen (Dutch), vait olema (Estonian), vaikima (Estonian), olla hiljaa (Finnish), vaieta (Finnish), se taire (French), garder le silence (French), tasê (Friulian), სიჩუმის დაცვა (sičumis dacva) (Georgian), გაჩუმდება (gačumdeba) (Georgian), schweigen (German), σωπαίνω (sopaíno) (Greek), noho mālie (Hawaiian), שָׁתַק (shaták) (Hebrew), चुप रहना (cup rahnā) (Hindi), csendben van (english: refrain from making any noise) (Hungarian), csendes (Hungarian), csendesen van (Hungarian), hallgat (english: keep silent, refrain from speaking) (Hungarian), csendben marad (Hungarian), þegja (Icelandic), tacere (Italian), 黙る (damaru) (alt: だまる) (Japanese), 沈黙する (chinmoku suru) (alt: ちんもくする) (Japanese), ȟukkar (Kalo Finnish Romani), môłczec [imperfective] (Kashubian), үндемеу (ündemeu) (Kazakh), сөйлемеу (söilemeu) (Kazakh), айтпау (aitpau) (Kazakh), 조용히 하다 (joyonghi hada) (Korean), 침묵하다 (chimmukhada) (Korean), 말하지 않다 (malhaji anta) (Korean), унчукпоо (uncukpoo) (Kyrgyz), үндөбөө (ündöböö) (Kyrgyz), сүйлөбөө (süylöböö) (Kyrgyz), ມິດ (mit) (Lao), taceō (Latin), klusēt (Latvian), tylėti (Lithuanian), mjelcaś [imperfective] (Lower Sorbian), ʔiyəqcut (Lushootseed), мо́лчи (mólči) [imperfective] (Macedonian), ќу́ти (ḱúti) [imperfective] (Macedonian), whakahū (Maori), urua (Ngazidja Comorian), tie (Norwegian Bokmål), calar (Occitan), мълчати (mŭlčati) [imperfective] (Old East Slavic), milczeć [imperfective] (Polish), ficar quieto (Portuguese), calar-se (Portuguese), tăcea (Romanian), молча́ть (molčátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), cagliai (Sardinian), cagliare (Sardinian), citiri (Sardinian), мучати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ћутати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ћутјети [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), mučati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ćutati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ćutjeti [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), taciri (Sicilian), tàciri (Sicilian), mlčať [imperfective] (Slovak), molčati [imperfective] (Slovene), callar (Spanish), tiga (Swedish), hålla tyst (Swedish), хомӯш будан (xomüš budan) (Tajik), сукут кардан (sukut kardan) (Tajik), хомӯш шудан (xomüš šudan) (Tajik), นิ่ง (nîng) (Thai), เงียบ (ngîiap) (Thai), เงียบขรึม (ngîiap-krʉ̌m) (Thai), susmak (Turkish), мовча́ти (movčáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), mjelčeć [imperfective] (Upper Sorbian), sukut qilmoq (Uzbek), jim turmoq (Uzbek), im lặng (Vietnamese), lặng thinh (Vietnamese), tewi (Welsh), שווײַגן (shvaygn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-keep_quiet-en-verb-ceMGYPNx Disambiguation of 'remain silent': 97 3
  2. (idiomatic) To refrain from talking about something; to keep a secret. Tags: idiomatic Translations (refrain from talking about something): pitää suunsa kiinni (Finnish), hallgat (Hungarian), ума́лчивать (umálčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ута́ивать (utáivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), недогова́ривать (nedogovárivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-keep_quiet-en-verb-Wb779EQx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Kalo Finnish Romani terms in nonstandard scripts, Old Church Slavonic terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 90 Disambiguation of Kalo Finnish Romani terms in nonstandard scripts: 6 94 Disambiguation of Old Church Slavonic terms with redundant script codes: 5 95 Disambiguation of 'refrain from talking about something': 2 98

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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "word": "callar"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "remain silent",
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "tie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "zwijgen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "vait olema"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "vaikima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "olla hiljaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "vaieta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "se taire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "garder le silence"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "tasê"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sičumis dacva",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "სიჩუმის დაცვა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gačumdeba",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "გაჩუმდება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "schweigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sopaíno",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "σωπαίνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "noho mālie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shaták",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "שָׁתַק"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "cup rahnā",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "चुप रहना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "refrain from making any noise",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "csendben van"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "csendes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "csendesen van"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "keep silent, refrain from speaking",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "hallgat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "csendben marad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "þegja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "tacere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "alt": "だまる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "damaru",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "黙る"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "alt": "ちんもくする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chinmoku suru",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "沈黙する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "csb",
          "lang": "Kashubian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "môłczec"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ündemeu",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "үндемеу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "söilemeu",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "сөйлемеу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aitpau",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "айтпау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "joyonghi hada",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "조용히 하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chimmukhada",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "침묵하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "malhaji anta",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "말하지 않다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "uncukpoo",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "унчукпоо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ündöböö",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "үндөбөө"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "süylöböö",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "сүйлөбөө"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "mit",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "ມິດ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "taceō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "klusēt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "tylėti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lut",
          "lang": "Lushootseed",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "ʔiyəqcut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "mólči",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "мо́лчи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ḱúti",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ќу́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "whakahū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "urua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "tie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "calar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "mlĭčati",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "мльчати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "orv",
          "lang": "Old East Slavic",
          "roman": "mŭlčati",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "мълчати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "milczeć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "ficar quieto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "calar-se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "rmf",
          "lang": "Kalo Finnish Romani",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "ȟukkar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "tăcea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "molčátʹ",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "молча́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "cagliai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "cagliare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "citiri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "мучати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ћутати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ћутјети"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "mučati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ćutati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ćutjeti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "taciri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "tàciri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "mlčať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "molčati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "dsb",
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          "word": "เงียบ"
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          "roman": "ngîiap-krʉ̌m",
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          "word": "เงียบขรึม"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "jim turmoq"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "im lặng"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "remain silent",
          "word": "lặng thinh"
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        }
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "refrain from talking about something",
          "word": "hallgat"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "umálčivatʹ",
          "sense": "refrain from talking about something",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ума́лчивать"
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          "roman": "utáivatʹ",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nedogovárivatʹ",
          "sense": "refrain from talking about something",
          "tags": [
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      "sense": "remain silent",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "lṙel",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "լռել"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "tac"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "susmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "maŭčácʹ",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "маўча́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎlčá",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "мълча́"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "callar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "緘默"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānmò",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "缄默"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chénmò",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "沉默"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "mlčet"
    },
    {
      "code": "dlm",
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "tacar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "tie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "zwijgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "vait olema"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "vaikima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "olla hiljaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "vaieta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "se taire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "garder le silence"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "tasê"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sičumis dacva",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "სიჩუმის დაცვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gačumdeba",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "გაჩუმდება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "schweigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sopaíno",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "σωπαίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "noho mālie"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shaták",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "שָׁתַק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cup rahnā",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "चुप रहना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "refrain from making any noise",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "csendben van"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "csendes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "csendesen van"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "keep silent, refrain from speaking",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "hallgat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "csendben marad"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "þegja"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "tacere"
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    {
      "alt": "だまる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "damaru",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "黙る"
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    {
      "alt": "ちんもくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chinmoku suru",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "沈黙する"
    },
    {
      "code": "csb",
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "môłczec"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "үндемеу"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "söilemeu",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "сөйлемеу"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aitpau",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "айтпау"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "joyonghi hada",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "조용히 하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chimmukhada",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "침묵하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "malhaji anta",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "말하지 않다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "uncukpoo",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "унчукпоо"
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    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ündöböö",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "үндөбөө"
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    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "süylöböö",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "сүйлөбөө"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "mit",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "ມິດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "taceō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "klusēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "tylėti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lut",
      "lang": "Lushootseed",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "ʔiyəqcut"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mólči",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "мо́лчи"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ḱúti",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ќу́ти"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "whakahū"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "urua"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "tie"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "calar"
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    {
      "code": "cu",
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      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "orv",
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      "roman": "mŭlčati",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "мълчати"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "milczeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "ficar quieto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "calar-se"
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      "code": "rmf",
      "lang": "Kalo Finnish Romani",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "ȟukkar"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "tăcea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "molčátʹ",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "молча́ть"
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    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "cagliai"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "cagliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "citiri"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "мучати"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfective"
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      "word": "ћутати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ћутјети"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "mučati"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ćutati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ćutjeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "taciri"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "tàciri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mlčať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "molčati"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mjelcaś"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mjelčeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "callar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "tiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "hålla tyst"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xomüš budan",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "хомӯш будан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sukut kardan",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "сукут кардан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xomüš šudan",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "хомӯш шудан"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nîng",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "นิ่ง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ngîiap",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "เงียบ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ngîiap-krʉ̌m",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "เงียบขรึม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "susmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "movčáty",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мовча́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "sukut qilmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "jim turmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "im lặng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "lặng thinh"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "tewi"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shvaygn",
      "sense": "remain silent",
      "word": "שווײַגן"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "refrain from talking about something",
      "word": "pitää suunsa kiinni"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "refrain from talking about something",
      "word": "hallgat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umálčivatʹ",
      "sense": "refrain from talking about something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ума́лчивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utáivatʹ",
      "sense": "refrain from talking about something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ута́ивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nedogovárivatʹ",
      "sense": "refrain from talking about something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "недогова́ривать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep quiet"
}

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