keep quiet

English[edit]

keep quiet (third-person singular simple present keeps quiet, present participle keeping quiet, simple past and past participle kept quiet)

To remain silent.
Granny is asleep, so keep quiet while you play.
(idiomatic) To refrain from talking about something; to keep a secret.
Remember it's a surprise party, so keep quiet about it.

remain silent

Arabic: صَمَتَ‎ (ṣamata)
Armenian: լռել (hy) (lṙel)
Aromanian: tac
Azerbaijani: susmaq (az)
Belarusian: маўча́ць impf (maŭčácʹ)
Bulgarian: мълча́ (bg) impf (mǎlčá)
Catalan: callar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 緘默 (zh), 缄默 (zh) (jiānmò), 沉默 (zh) (chénmò)
Czech: mlčet (cs) impf
Dalmatian: tacar
Danish: tie (da)
Dutch: zwijgen (nl)
Estonian: vait olema, vaikima
Finnish: olla hiljaa, vaieta (fi)
French: se taire (fr), garder le silence (fr)
Friulian: tasê
Georgian: სიჩუმის დაცვა (sičumis dacva), გაჩუმდება (gačumdeba)
German: schweigen (de)
Greek: σωπαίνω (el) (sopaíno)
Hawaiian: noho mālie
Hebrew: שָׁתַק‎ (he) (shaták)
Hindi: चुप रहना (cup rahnā)
Hungarian: (refrain from making any noise) csendben van, csendes (hu), csendesen van, (keep silent, refrain from speaking) hallgat (hu), csendben marad
Icelandic: þegja
Italian: tacere (it)
Japanese: 黙る (ja) (だまる, damaru), 沈黙する (ちんもくする, chinmoku suru)
Kashubian: môłczec impf
Kazakh: үндемеу (ündemew), сөйлемеу (söylemew), айтпау (aytpaw)
Korean: 조용히 하다 (joyonghi hada), 침묵하다 (chimmukhada), 말하지 않다 (malhaji anta)
Kyrgyz: унчукпоо (unçukpoo), үндөбөө (ündöböö), сүйлөбөө (süylöböö)
Lao: ມິດ (mit)
Latin: taceō (la)
Latvian: klusēt

Lithuanian: tylėti (lt)
Lushootseed: ʔiyəqcut
Macedonian: мо́лчи impf (mólči), ќу́ти impf (ḱúti)
Maori: whakahū
Ngazidja Comorian: urua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tie (no)
Occitan: calar (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: мльчати impf (mlĭčati)
Old East Slavic: мълчати impf (mŭlčati)
Polish: milczeć (pl) impf
Portuguese: ficar quieto, calar-se
Romani:
Kalo Finnish Romani: ȟukkar
Romanian: tăcea (ro)
Russian: молча́ть (ru) impf (molčátʹ)
Sardinian: cagliai, cagliare, citiri
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мучати impf, ћутати impf, ћутјети impf

Roman: mučati (sh) impf, ćutati (sh) impf, ćutjeti (sh) impf
Sicilian: taciri (scn), tàciri (scn)
Slovak: mlčať impf
Slovene: molčati (sl) impf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: mjelcaś impf

Upper Sorbian: mjelčeć impf
Spanish: callar (es)
Swedish: tiga (sv), hålla tyst (sv)
Tajik: хомӯш будан (xomüš budan), сукут кардан (sukut kardan), хомӯш шудан (xomüš šudan)
Thai: นิ่ง (th) (nîng), เงียบ (th) (ngîiap), เงียบขรึม (ngîiap-krʉ̌m)
Turkish: susmak (tr)
Ukrainian: мовча́ти impf (movčáty)
Uzbek: sukut qilmoq, jim turmoq
Vietnamese: im lặng (vi), lặng thinh (vi)
Welsh: tewi (cy)
Yiddish: שווײַגן‎ (shvaygn)

refrain from talking about something