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| Language | Translations for "BE SILENT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | سكت (to be silent). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | помълчавам (be silent for a while, keep silence for short time). (various references) | |
Finnish | vaieta (be quiet, become silent, cease, conceal, keep quiet, keep silence), olla vaiti (observe silence), olla hiljaa (keep quiet), olla ääneti (keep silence). (various references) | |
French | mutisme. (various references) | |
German | schweigen (silence, to be silent, to keep still). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לשתוק (hold ones peace, hold one's tongue, keep mum, shut up), לדום (stand still). (various references) | |
Indonesian | berdiam (say nothing, tacit), mendiam. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | nipaittuq (to be silent). (various references) | |
Italian | tacere (be quiet, be still, hush, keep silent, pass over in silence, silence). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 黙る (to be silent). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しんとする (to be deadly silent, to be silent), だまる (to be silent). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ebay ilentsay.(various references) | |
Romanian | taci (cut it short, hush, keep quiet, lie down, shut up, silence). (various references) | |
Spanish | acallar (silence). (various references) | |
Swedish | tiga om (be silent about). (various references) | |
Turkish | sessiz olmak (keep quiet), sessiz kalmak (hold one's peace, keep quiet). (various references) | |
Welsh | tewi (keep silence). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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