callar

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

shut up, to silence

Verb callar (first-person singular present callo, first-person singular preterite callé, past participle callado)

to calm
(reflexive) to be silent, to shut up

¿Por qué no te callas?

Why don’t you shut up?
to keep silent
(intransitive) to hush, to become silent
(transitive) to hush, to make silent
to not mention

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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