keep quiet

English

Verb

keep quiet (or be quiet)

1. To remain silent.

   Granny is asleep, so keep quiet while you play.

2. (idiomatic) To refrain from talking about something; to keep a secret.

   Remember it's a surprise party, so keep quiet about it.

Translations

remain silent

• Arabic: صَمَتَ ‎(ṣamata)
• Armenian: լռել (hy) ‎(lṙel)
• Aromanian: tac
• Azeri: 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
• Finnish: olla hiljaa
• French: se taire (fr), garder le silence (fr)
• Friulian: tasê
• Georgian: სიჩუმის დაცვა ‎(sičumis dacva)
• German: schweigen (de)
• Greek: σωπαίνω (el) ‎(sopaíno)
• Hawaiian: noho mālie
• 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
• Korean: 조용히 하다 ‎(joyonghi hada)
• Lao: ມິດ ‎(mit)
• Latin: taceō (la)
• Latvian: klusēt
• Lithuanian: tylėti (lt)
• Macedonian: мо́лчи impf ‎(mólči), ќу́ти impf ‎(ḱúti)
• Maori: whakahū
• Ngazidja Comorian: urua

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tie (no)

• Occitan: calar (oc)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: мльчати ‎(mlĭčati)

• Old East Slavic: мълчати ‎(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

  Upper Sorbian: mjelčeć

• Spanish: callar (es)
• Swedish: tiga (sv), hålla tyst (sv)
• Thai: อึ้ง ‎(êung)
• Turkish: susmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: мовча́ти impf ‎(movčáty)
• Uzbek: sukut qilmoq
• Vietnamese: im lặng (vi), lặng thinh (vi)
• Welsh: tewi (cy)
• Yiddish: שווײַגן ‎(shvaygn)

refrain from talking about something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: pitää suunsa kiinni
• Russian: please add this translation if you can