stare zitto

Italian

Verb

stàre zitto (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) stò zitto, first-person singular past historic stétti zitto or (traditional) stètti zitto, past participle stàto zitto, first-person singular future starò zitto, first-person singular subjunctive stìa zitto, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive stéssi zitto, second-person singular imperative stài zitto or stà' zitto, auxiliary èssere)

1. (intransitive) to be quiet, to shut up

   Sta' zitto! ― Shut up!