tacer

Interlingua

Verb

tacer

1. to hush
2. to keep quiet
3. to be silent

Italian

Verb

tacer (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of tacere

Anagrams

• -crate, Creta, carte, certa, cetra, creta, trace

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tacēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /taˈθeɾ/ [t̪aˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /taˈseɾ/ [t̪aˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ta‧cer

Verb

tacer (first-person singular present tazco, first-person singular preterite tací, past participle tacido)

1. (archaic) to keep quiet

   Synonym: callar

2. (archaic) to be silent

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tacer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tacer
gerund			taciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tacido		tacida
		plural		tacidos		tacidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tazco	tacestú tacésvos	tace	tacemos	tacéis	tacen
	imperfect	tacía	tacías	tacía	tacíamos	tacíais	tacían
	preterite	tací	taciste	tació	tacimos	tacisteis	tacieron
	future	taceré	tacerás	tacerá	taceremos	taceréis	tacerán
	conditional	tacería	tacerías	tacería	taceríamos	taceríais	tacerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tazca	tazcastú tazcásvos2	tazca	tazcamos	tazcáis	tazcan
	imperfect (ra)	taciera	tacieras	taciera	taciéramos	tacierais	tacieran
	imperfect (se)	taciese	tacieses	taciese	taciésemos	tacieseis	taciesen
	future1	taciere	tacieres	taciere	taciéremos	taciereis	tacieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tacetú tacévos	tazca	tazcamos	taced	tazcan
	negative		no tazcas	no tazca	no tazcamos	no tazcáis	no tazcan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of tacer (c-zc alternation)

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 tacer
	dative	tacerme	tacerte	tacerle, tacerse	tacernos	taceros	tacerles, tacerse
	accusative	tacerme	tacerte	tacerlo, tacerla, tacerse	tacernos	taceros	tacerlos, tacerlas, tacerse
with gerund taciendo
	dative	taciéndome	taciéndote	taciéndole, taciéndose	taciéndonos	taciéndoos	taciéndoles, taciéndose
	accusative	taciéndome	taciéndote	taciéndolo, taciéndola, taciéndose	taciéndonos	taciéndoos	taciéndolos, taciéndolas, taciéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tace
	dative	táceme	tácete	tácele	tácenos	not used	táceles
	accusative	táceme	tácete	tácelo, tácela	tácenos	not used	tácelos, tácelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tacé
	dative	taceme	tacete	tacele	tacenos	not used	taceles
	accusative	taceme	tacete	tacelo, tacela	tacenos	not used	tacelos, tacelas
with formal second-person singular imperative tazca
	dative	tázcame	not used	tázcale, tázcase	tázcanos	not used	tázcales
	accusative	tázcame	not used	tázcalo, tázcala, tázcase	tázcanos	not used	tázcalos, tázcalas
with first-person plural imperative tazcamos
	dative	not used	tazcámoste	tazcámosle	tazcámonos	tazcámoos	tazcámosles
	accusative	not used	tazcámoste	tazcámoslo, tazcámosla	tazcámonos	tazcámoos	tazcámoslos, tazcámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative taced
	dative	tacedme	not used	tacedle	tacednos	taceos	tacedles
	accusative	tacedme	not used	tacedlo, tacedla	tacednos	taceos	tacedlos, tacedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tazcan
	dative	tázcanme	not used	tázcanle	tázcannos	not used	tázcanles, tázcanse
	accusative	tázcanme	not used	tázcanlo, tázcanla	tázcannos	not used	tázcanlos, tázcanlas, tázcanse