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Catalan
Etymology
From silenci + -ar.
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
Galician
Etymology
From silencio + -ar.
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
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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silenciar
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Personal
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silenciar
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silenciares
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silenciar
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silenciarmos
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silenciardes
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silenciarem
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Gerund
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silenciando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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silenciado
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silenciados
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Feminine
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silenciada
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silenciadas
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Indicative
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Present
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silencio
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silencias
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silencia
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silenciamos
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silenciades, silenciais
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silenciam
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Imperfect
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silenciava
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silenciavas
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silenciava
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silenciávamos
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silenciávades, silenciáveis, silenciávais1
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silenciavam
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Preterite
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silenciei
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silenciaste, silenciache1
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silenciou
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silenciamos
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silenciastes
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silenciárom, silenciaram
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Pluperfect
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silenciara
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silenciaras
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silenciara
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silenciáramos
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silenciárades, silenciáreis, silenciárais1
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silenciaram
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Future
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silenciarei
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silenciarás
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silenciará
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silenciaremos
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silenciaredes, silenciareis
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silenciarám, silenciarão
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Conditional
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silenciaria
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silenciarias
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silenciaria
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silenciaríamos
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silenciaríades, silenciaríeis, silenciaríais1
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silenciariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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silencie
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silencies
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silencie
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silenciemos
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silenciedes, silencieis
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silenciem
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Imperfect
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silenciasse
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silenciasses
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silenciasse
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silenciássemos
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silenciássedes, silenciásseis
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silenciassem
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Future
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silenciar
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silenciares
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silenciar
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silenciarmos
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silenciardes
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silenciarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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silencia
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silencie
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silenciemos
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silenciade, silenciai
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silenciem
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Negative (nom)
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nom silencies
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nom silencie
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nom silenciemos
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nom silenciedes, nom silencieis
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nom silenciem
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Derived terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From silêncio + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.lẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.lẽˈsja(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.lẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.lẽˈsja(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /si.lẽ.siˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.lẽˈsja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /si.lẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.lẽˈsja(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /si.lẽ.siˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.lẽˈsja(ɻ)/
- 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
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From silencio + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /silenˈθjaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /silenˈsjaɾ/
- 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
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of silenciar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive silenciar
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dative
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silenciarme
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silenciarte
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silenciarle, silenciarse
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silenciarnos
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silenciaros
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silenciarles, silenciarse
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accusative
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silenciarme
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silenciarte
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silenciarlo, silenciarla, silenciarse
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silenciarnos
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silenciaros
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silenciarlos, silenciarlas, silenciarse
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with gerund silenciando
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dative
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silenciándome
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silenciándote
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silenciándole, silenciándose
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silenciándonos
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silenciándoos
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silenciándoles, silenciándose
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accusative
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silenciándome
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silenciándote
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silenciándolo, silenciándola, silenciándose
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silenciándonos
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silenciándoos
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silenciándolos, silenciándolas, silenciándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative silencia
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dative
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silénciame
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silénciate
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silénciale
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siléncianos
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not used
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silénciales
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accusative
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silénciame
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silénciate
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siléncialo, silénciala
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siléncianos
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not used
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siléncialos, siléncialas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative silenciá
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dative
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silenciame
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silenciate
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silenciale
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silencianos
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not used
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silenciales
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accusative
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silenciame
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silenciate
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silencialo, silenciala
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silencianos
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not used
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silencialos, silencialas
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with formal second-person singular imperative silencie
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dative
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siléncieme
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not used
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silénciele, silénciese
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siléncienos
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not used
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siléncieles
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accusative
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siléncieme
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not used
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siléncielo, silénciela, silénciese
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siléncienos
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not used
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siléncielos, siléncielas
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with first-person plural imperative silenciemos
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dative
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not used
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silenciémoste
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silenciémosle
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silenciémonos
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silenciémoos
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silenciémosles
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accusative
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not used
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silenciémoste
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silenciémoslo, silenciémosla
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silenciémonos
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silenciémoos
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silenciémoslos, silenciémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative silenciad
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dative
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silenciadme
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not used
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silenciadle
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silenciadnos
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silenciaos
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silenciadles
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accusative
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silenciadme
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not used
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silenciadlo, silenciadla
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silenciadnos
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silenciaos
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silenciadlos, silenciadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative silencien
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dative
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siléncienme
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not used
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siléncienle
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silénciennos
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not used
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siléncienles, silénciense
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accusative
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siléncienme
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not used
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siléncienlo, siléncienla
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silénciennos
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not used
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siléncienlos, siléncienlas, silénciense
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Derived terms
Further reading