keep quiet

English

To remain silent.
Granny is asleep, so keep quiet while you play.
(idiomatic) To refrain from talking about something; to keep a secret.
Remember it's a surprise party, so keep quiet about it.

remain silent

Maori: whakahū
Ngazidja Comorian: urua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tie (no)
Occitan: calar (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: мльчати impf (mlĭčati)
Old East Slavic: мълчати impf (mŭlčati)
Polish: milczeć (pl) impf
Portuguese: ficar quieto, calar-se
Romani:
Kalo Finnish Romani: ȟukkar
Romanian: tăcea (ro)
Russian: молча́ть (ru) impf (molčátʹ)
Sardinian: cagliai, cagliare, citiri
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мучати impf, ћутати impf, ћутјети impf

Roman: mučati (sh) impf, ćutati (sh) impf, ćutjeti (sh) impf
Sicilian: taciri (scn), tàciri (scn)
Slovak: mlčať impf
Slovene: molčati (sl) impf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: mjelcaś impf

Upper Sorbian: mjelčeć impf
Spanish: callar (es)
Swedish: tiga (sv), hålla tyst (sv)
Tajik: хомӯш будан (xomüš budan), сукут кардан (sukut kardan), хомӯш шудан (xomüš šudan)
Thai: นิ่ง (th) (nîng), เงียบ (th) (ngîiap), เงียบขรึม (ngîiap-krʉ̌m)
Turkish: susmak (tr)
Ukrainian: мовча́ти impf (movčáty)
Uzbek: sukut qilmoq, jim turmoq
Vietnamese: im lặng (vi), lặng thinh (vi)
Welsh: tewi (cy)
Yiddish: שווײַגן‎ (shvaygn)

refrain from talking about something

Finnish: pitää suunsa kiinni
Russian: ума́лчивать (ru) impf (umálčivatʹ), ута́ивать (ru) impf (utáivatʹ), недогова́ривать (ru) impf (nedogovárivatʹ)

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