Tácitos

Tácitos is the masculine plural form of the Spanish adjective tácito, meaning implicit or unspoken. It is used to describe things that are understood without being explicitly stated, such as acuerdos tácitos, normas tácitas (unwritten norms), or conocimientos tácitos (tacit knowledge). The feminine forms are tácita and tácitas, which are used with feminine nouns.

In usage, the term appears in law, sociology, linguistics, and philosophy to refer to understandings or knowledge inferred from context or conduct rather than from direct communication. Examples include tacit consent (consentimiento tácito) in certain legal or historical discussions, or tacit norms (normas tácitas) in social groups. In linguistics and cognitive science, tacit knowledge (conocimiento tácito) denotes know-how that people possess but may not be able to fully articulate. The concept is closely associated with the idea of implicature and with how social and cognitive systems function beyond explicit rules.

Etymologically, tácito derives from Latin tacitus, meaning silent, from tacere, to be silent. The term has been integrated into Spanish across centuries to describe implicit meaning, unspoken agreements, and non-explicit knowledge.

See also: tacit, implicit, explicit, tacit consent, tacit knowledge, unspoken norms.