Examples of using "помалкивал" in a sentence and their english translations:
- Tell him to quit his yakking.
- Tell him to shut his mouth.
- Tell him to keep his mouth shut.
You should keep your mouth shut.
- You should have kept your mouth shut.
- You should've kept your mouth shut.
- Tom remained silent.
- Tom remained quiet.
- Tom was silent.
- I should have kept my mouth shut.
- I should've kept my mouth shut.