tacere — meaning in English
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English meaning
- can verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
Senses
tacere is used for these senses in English:
- be silent To refrain from speaking; to say nothing. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- can (transitive, slang) To shut up.
- clam up (intransitive, informal) To become silent; to stop talking.
- keep quiet (intransitive) To remain silent.
- shut up (ergative, derogatory, often imperative) Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise.
can — full definition
- verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
- verb Used to say something is allowed or permitted.
- noun A sealed metal container, especially for food or drink.
- verb To preserve food by sealing it in an airtight can or jar.
- verb Informally, to dismiss someone from a job, or to scrap a plan.