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callar

/kaˈʝaɾ/, [kaˈʝaɾ], /kaˈʝaɾ/, [kaˈʝaɾ]

shut up, to silence

Gerund: callando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular callado callada
Plural callados calladas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo callo callaba callé callaré callaría
tú callas callabas callaste callarás callarías
él/ella/Ud. calla callaba calló callará callaría
nosotros callamos callábamos callamos callaremos callaríamos
vosotros calláis callabais callasteis callaréis callaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. callan callaban callaron callarán callarían
vos callás callabas callaste callarás callarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo calle callara callase callare
tú calles callaras callases callares
él/ella/Ud. calle callara callase callare
nosotros callemos calláramos callásemos calláremos
vosotros calléis callarais callaseis callareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. callen callaran callasen callaren
vos callés callaras callases callares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú calla no calles
Ud. calle no calle
nosotros callemos no callemos
vosotros callad no calléis
Uds. callen no callen
vos callá no calles

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • ¿Te puedes callar, por favor?

    Can you please shut up?

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  • ¡A callar!

    Hush!

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  • Haz callar a ese niño.

    Shut that boy up.

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  • Más vale callar que mal hablar.

    Speech is silver, but silence is golden.

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  • La música expresa lo que no puede ser dicho y sobre lo que es imposible callar.

    Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

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  • ¿Te podés callar?

    Can you shut up?

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  • No me voy a callar.

    I won't stay silent.

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