be silent

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To refrain from speaking; to say nothing. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Equivalents

Españolcallarse

Françaisse taire

Deutschschweigen still sein

38 more languages

العربيةسكت صمت

Azərbaycan dilisusmaq

Беларускаямаўчаць

Българскимълча

Češtinamlčet

Cymraegtewi

Dansktie

Ελληνικάσωπαίνω

Esperantosilenti

Gaeilgetost

עבריתשתק

हिन्दीचुप रहना

Հայերենլռել

Íslenskaþegja

Italianotacere

日本語沈黙沈黙する黙す黙る

Қазақ тіліүндемеу

한국어噤 말하지 않다 조용히 하다침묵하다

Kurdîtewî tost

Latinataceo

Lietuviųtylėti

Latviešuklusēt

Македонскимолчи ќути

မြန်မာဆိတ်

Nederlandszwijgen

Portuguêscalar-se

Русскийбезмолвствовать молчать

Slovenščinamolčati

Shqiphesht

Svenskatiga

ไทยนิง หุบปาก เงียบเงียบขรึม

Türkçesusmak

Українськамовчати

Tiếng Việtim lặng lặng thinh

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

be someone's to lose be sorry be still my heart be taken bad be taken ill be taken sick

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