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tăcea
to be silent, to keep quiet /təˈtʃe̯a/
verb#3655 most common
Also: to hush, to fall silent, to say nothing
Example sentences
Copilul tace.
The child is silent.
Te rog, taci puțin!
Please, be quiet for a bit!
Am tăcut toată ziua.
I stayed silent all day.
Ea prefera să tacă decât să mintă.
She preferred to say nothing rather than lie.
Dacă ai fi tăcut atunci, nu am fi avut cearta asta.
If you had kept quiet then, we would not have had this argument.
Mulțimea tăcu brusc când intră profesorul.
The crowd suddenly fell silent when the professor came in.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | tac | tăcui | voi tăcea |
| 2sg | taci | tăcuși | vei tăcea |
| 3sg | tace | tăcu | va tăcea |
| 1pl | tăcem | tăcurăm | vom tăcea |
| 2pl | tăceți | tăcurăți | veți tăcea |
| 3pl | tac | tăcură | vor tăcea |
Word family
Etymology
Tăcea descends from Latin tacere, meaning to be silent. Romanian kept the verb almost unchanged, only adapting it to the native infinitive pattern in -ea. The same Latin root gave English the borrowed word tacit, which describes something unspoken but understood.
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