tăcea

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tacēre, from Proto-Italic *takēō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tak- or *tHk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təˈt͡ʃa/
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  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: tă‧cea

Verb

a tăcea (third-person singular present tace, past participle tăcut, third-person subjunctive tacă) 2nd conjugation

  1. (intransitive, literal or figurative as personification) to be silent, say nothing
  2. (intransitive, informal) to shut up
  3. (transitive, now literary) to leave unsaid, make no mention of

Conjugation

    conjugation of tăcea (second conjugation, past participle in -ut)
infinitive a tăcea
gerund tăcând
past participle tăcut
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present tac taci tace tăcem tăceți tac
imperfect tăceam tăceai tăcea tăceam tăceați tăceau
simple perfect tăcui tăcuși tăcu tăcurăm tăcurăți tăcură
pluperfect tăcusem tăcuseși tăcuse tăcuserăm tăcuserăți tăcuseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să tac să taci să tacă să tăcem să tăceți să tacă
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative tace tăceți
negative nu tăcea nu tăceți

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