silenciar
Catalan
Verb
silenciar (first-person singular present silencio, first-person singular preterite silencií, past participle silenciat)
- to silence
- to hush up, keep quiet, keep silent about (To refrain from talking about something)
- to mute (to turn off the sound of the mobile, TV)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
- “silenciar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “silenciar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “silenciar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “silenciar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Verb
silenciar (first-person singular present silencio, first-person singular preterite silenciei, past participle silenciado)
- to silence
- to hush up, keep quiet, keep silent about (To refrain from talking about something)
- to mute (to turn off the sound of the mobile, TV)
- Antonym: desilenciar
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Derived terms
- silenciador
- silenciamento
Further reading
- “silenciar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.lẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [si.lẽ.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /si.lẽˈsja(ʁ)/ [si.lẽˈsja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /si.lẽ.siˈa(ɾ)/ [si.lẽ.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /si.lẽˈsja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /si.lẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [si.lẽ.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /si.lẽˈsja(ʁ)/ [si.lẽˈsja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /si.lẽ.siˈa(ɻ)/ [si.lẽ.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /si.lẽˈsja(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /si.lẽˈsjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /si.lẽˈsja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: si‧len‧ci‧ar
Verb
silenciar (first-person singular present silencio, first-person singular preterite silenciei, past participle silenciado)
- (transitive) to silence; to quiet (to make something or someone silent)
- to hush up, keep quiet, keep silent about (To refrain from talking about something)
- to mute (to turn off the sound of the mobile, TV)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- silenciador
- silenciamento
Further reading
- “silenciar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “silenciar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “silenciar” in Dicionário inFormal.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /silenˈθjaɾ/ [si.lẽn̟ˈθjaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /silenˈsjaɾ/ [si.lẽnˈsjaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: si‧len‧ciar
Verb
silenciar (first-person singular present silencio, first-person singular preterite silencié, past participle silenciado)
- to silence
- to hush up, keep quiet, keep silent about (To refrain from talking about something)
- to mute (to turn off the sound of the mobile, TV)
- Antonym: desilenciar
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive silenciar | |||||||
| dative | silenciarme | silenciarte | silenciarle, silenciarse | silenciarnos | silenciaros | silenciarles, silenciarse | |
| accusative | silenciarme | silenciarte | silenciarlo, silenciarla, silenciarse | silenciarnos | silenciaros | silenciarlos, silenciarlas, silenciarse | |
| with gerund silenciando | |||||||
| dative | silenciándome | silenciándote | silenciándole, silenciándose | silenciándonos | silenciándoos | silenciándoles, silenciándose | |
| accusative | silenciándome | silenciándote | silenciándolo, silenciándola, silenciándose | silenciándonos | silenciándoos | silenciándolos, silenciándolas, silenciándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative silencia | |||||||
| dative | silénciame | silénciate | silénciale | siléncianos | not used | silénciales | |
| accusative | silénciame | silénciate | siléncialo, silénciala | siléncianos | not used | siléncialos, siléncialas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative silenciá | |||||||
| dative | silenciame | silenciate | silenciale | silencianos | not used | silenciales | |
| accusative | silenciame | silenciate | silencialo, silenciala | silencianos | not used | silencialos, silencialas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative silencie | |||||||
| dative | siléncieme | not used | silénciele, silénciese | siléncienos | not used | siléncieles | |
| accusative | siléncieme | not used | siléncielo, silénciela, silénciese | siléncienos | not used | siléncielos, siléncielas | |
| with first-person plural imperative silenciemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | silenciémoste | silenciémosle | silenciémonos | silenciémoos | silenciémosles | |
| accusative | not used | silenciémoste | silenciémoslo, silenciémosla | silenciémonos | silenciémoos | silenciémoslos, silenciémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative silenciad | |||||||
| dative | silenciadme | not used | silenciadle | silenciadnos | silenciaos | silenciadles | |
| accusative | silenciadme | not used | silenciadlo, silenciadla | silenciadnos | silenciaos | silenciadlos, silenciadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative silencien | |||||||
| dative | siléncienme | not used | siléncienle | silénciennos | not used | siléncienles, silénciense | |
| accusative | siléncienme | not used | siléncienlo, siléncienla | silénciennos | not used | siléncienlos, siléncienlas, silénciense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “silenciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “silenciar” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.
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