taciturno

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”).

Adjective

taciturno (feminine taciturna, masculine plural taciturnos, feminine plural taciturnas)

1. taciturn

Related terms

• taciturnidade

Further reading

• “taciturno”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.t͡ʃiˈtur.no/
• Rhymes: -urno
• Hyphenation: ta‧ci‧tùr‧no

Adjective

taciturno (feminine taciturna, masculine plural taciturni, feminine plural taciturne)

1. taciturn, silent

Related terms

• taciturnamente
• taciturnità

Further reading

• taciturno in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• taciturno in Dizionario di Italiano online - La Repubblica
• taciturno in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• taciturno in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• taciturno in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• taciturno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• catturino, cinturato, coturnati

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ta.kiˈtur.noː/, [t̪äkɪˈt̪ʊrnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ta.t͡ʃiˈtur.no/, [t̪ät͡ʃiˈt̪urno]

Adjective

taciturnō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of taciturnus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.siˈtuʁ.nu/ [ta.siˈtuɦ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.siˈtuʁ.nu/ [ta.siˈtuɦ.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ta.siˈtuɾ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ta.siˈtuʁ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.siˈtuɻ.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.siˈtuɾ.nu/

• Hyphenation: ta‧ci‧tur‧no

Adjective

taciturno (feminine taciturna, masculine plural taciturnos, feminine plural taciturnas)

1. taciturn (secretive or uncommunicative)

   Synonym: reticente

Derived terms

• taciturnamente

Related terms

• taciturnidade

Further reading

• “taciturno”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “taciturno”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “taciturno” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “taciturno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “taciturno”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “taciturno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /taθiˈtuɾno/ [t̪a.θiˈt̪uɾ.no]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /tasiˈtuɾno/ [t̪a.siˈt̪uɾ.no]
• Rhymes: -uɾno
• Syllabification: ta‧ci‧tur‧no

Adjective

taciturno (feminine taciturna, masculine plural taciturnos, feminine plural taciturnas)

1. (of a person) taciturn, quiet, silent

Related terms

• tácito
• taciturnidad

 

Further reading

• “taciturno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28