# silenciar
## 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)

#### Derived terms

* silenciador

### Further reading

* “silenciar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “silenciar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “silenciar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “silenciar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## 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

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* silenciador
* silenciamento

### Further reading

* “silenciar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From silêncio +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /si.lẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [si.lẽ.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /si.lẽˈsja(ʁ)/ [si.lẽˈsja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /si.lẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [si.lẽ.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /si.lẽˈsja(ʁ)/ [si.lẽˈsja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /si.lẽ.siˈa(ɾ)/ [si.lẽ.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /si.lẽˈsja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /si.lẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [si.lẽ.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /si.lẽˈsja(ʁ)/ [si.lẽˈsja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /si.lẽ.siˈa(ɻ)/ [si.lẽ.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /si.lẽˈsja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /si.lẽˈsjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /si.lẽˈsjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /si.lẽˈsja.ɾi/
* 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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* silenciador
* silenciamento

### Further reading

* “silenciar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “silenciar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “silenciar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From silencio +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /silenˈθjaɾ/ [si.lẽn̟ˈθjaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /silenˈsjaɾ/ [si.lẽnˈsjaɾ]
* 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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* silenciador
* silenciamiento

### Further reading

* “silenciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “silenciar” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.