Tais-toi (en. Shut up)

tɛ twa

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

Asking someone to stop talking.

When he starts telling stories, I often tell him: 'be quiet!'

Quand il commence à raconter des histoires, je lui dis souvent : 'tais-toi !'

An imperative used to stop noise.

The teacher said: 'be quiet and listen!'

Le professeur a demandé : 'tais-toi et écoute !'

Expression used in a familiar context to interrupt someone.

If you keep talking, I'm going to have to tell you to be quiet: 'be quiet!'

Si tu continues à parler, je vais devoir te dire de te taire : 'tais-toi !'

Form of the imperative of the verb 'se taire', deriving from the Latin 'tacere'.

be quiet and listen

A request for the other person to be quiet in order to listen.

tais-toi et écoute

be quiet already

A way of saying that one has had enough of listening to the other person talk.

tais-toi déjà

be quiet, please

A polite request for someone to be quiet.

tais-toi, s'il te plaît

be quiet

Stop talking.

se taire

silence

State of something that is silent.

silence

calm

Absence of noise or disturbance.

calme

Shut up

During a friendly argument, one might say: 'shut up, that's enough!'

Lors d'une dispute amicale, on peut dire : 'ferme-la, ça suffit !'

Hush

To make someone understand to be quiet quickly, one can simply say: 'Hush!'

Pour faire comprendre à quelqu'un de se taire rapidement, on peut simplement dire : 'Chut !'