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tacă
let him/her be quiet /ˈtakə/
verb#4248 most common
Also: that he/she keep silent, shut up (3rd person)
Example sentences
Vreau să tacă.
I want him to be quiet.
Mama îi spune copilului să tacă.
The mother tells the child to be quiet.
Profesorul le cere elevilor să tacă în timpul testului.
The teacher asks the students to be quiet during the test.
Tacă-ți gura și ascultă!
Shut your mouth and listen!
Este mai bine ca martorul să tacă decât să mintă.
It is better for the witness to stay silent than to lie.
Deși ar fi vrut să strige adevărul, a preferat să tacă, știind că tăcerea lui putea salva pe altcineva.
Although he would have wanted to shout the truth, he chose to stay silent, knowing his silence could save someone else.
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
Tacă is the third-person present subjunctive of the verb a tăcea, meaning to be silent. The verb descends from Latin tacere, which had the same meaning. Latin tacere goes back to a Proto-Indo-European root for keeping silent, and it also gave English the words tacit and taciturn through the Latin past participle tacitus.
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