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tăcut
silent, quiet /təˈkut/
adjective#4472 most common
Also: kept quiet (past participle of 'to be silent'), hushed, taciturn
Example sentences
Copilul e tăcut.
The child is quiet.
Ea a tăcut toată ziua.
She kept silent all day.
Camera tăcută m-a liniștit.
The quiet room calmed me down.
Bărbații tăcuți priveau marea.
The silent men watched the sea.
După ce a auzit vestea, a tăcut brusc.
After hearing the news, he suddenly fell silent.
Tăcut de teamă, martorul n-a spus nimic poliției.
Silent out of fear, the witness told the police nothing.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tăcut / tăcută | tăcuți / tăcute |
| Genitive | tăcut / tăcute | tăcuți / tăcute |
| Accusative | tăcut / tăcută | tăcuți / tăcute |
| Vocative | tăcutule / tăcuto | tăcuților / tăcutelor |
Word family
a tăceato be silent, to keep quiet
tăceresilencetăcătortaciturn, quiet by nature
tacittacit, unspoken but understood
Etymology
Tăcut is the past participle of the verb a tăcea, meaning to be silent. That verb descends from Latin tacere, which had the same sense. The participle came to double as an ordinary adjective, the way English 'hushed' works both as a verb form and a descriptive word.
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