/təˈt͡ʃa/
OrigineInherited from Latin tacēre, from Proto-Italic *takēō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tak- or *tHk-.
- intransitiveto be silent, say nothing
- informal, intransitiveto shut up
- literary, transitiveto leave unsaid, make no mention of
Formea tăcea 2nd conjugation(canonical) · tace(present, singular, third-person) · tăcut(participle, past) · tacă(subjunctive, third-person) · a tăcea(infinitive) · tăcând(gerund) · tac(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · taci(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · tace(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · tăcem(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · tăceți(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · tac(indicative, plural, present, third-person) · tăceam(first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · tăceai(imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · tăcea(imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · tăceam(first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · tăceați(imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · tăceau(imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · tăcui(first-person, indicative, perfect, singular) · tăcuși(indicative, perfect, second-person, singular)