Translation
silent, quiet
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Examples
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The room was silent and dark.
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He stayed silent the whole evening.
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A silent night covered the village.
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The house stood silent among the trees.
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Be quiet, the child is sleeping.
means making no sound. is calm or untroubled, is peaceful, is soft rather than absent - English "quiet" spreads across all four, so pick by what you actually mean. The root gives the verb (to keep silent), (silence), i (to silence someone) and the very useful adverb . Silentu! is the blunt "be quiet", and it is as sharp in Esperanto as it looks.
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Word family
Words built on silenta with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- eksilentiverb
to fall silent
ek-silenta: to start being silent
- prisilentiverb
to keep quiet about, to pass over in silence
prisilenta: to be silent about
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 2: silenta, lasta, denove and 6 more words.