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Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I. callar VB intr

callar: to be quiet

callar: to shut up inf

calla, que no me dejas oír: be quiet o shut up, I can't hear

lloró toda la noche, no hubo manera de hacerlo callar: he cried all night, nothing we could do would make him stop

ya tiene tres niños — ¡calla! inf: she has three children now — never! o she hasn't! inf

quien calla otorga prov: silence implies o gives consent

II. callar VB trans

1. callar secreto:

callar: to keep … to oneself

intentaron callar estas cifras: they attempted to keep these figures quiet

2. callar LatAm persona:

callen a esos niños: get those children to be quiet

callen a esos niños: shut those kids up, will you? inf

III. callarse VB vpr

1. callarse (guardar silencio):

callarse: to be quiet

¡cállate!: be quiet!

¡cállate!: shut up! inf

¡cállate la boca! inf: shut your mouth! sl

¿te quieres callar de una vez?: will you shut up!

cuando entró todos se callaron: when he walked in everyone went quiet o stopped talking

la próxima vez no me callaré: next time I won't keep quiet

2. callarse (no decir):

callarse noticia: to keep … quiet

callarse noticia: to keep … to oneself

callate, no seas fúlmine: be quiet, are you trying to put a jinx on us?

callate, no seas fúlmine: be quiet, are you trying to put the mockers on us? Brit inf

anda, gilipollas, cállate la boca: shut up, you jerk o prat o git!

¡cállate, malage!: shut up, are you trying to put a jinx on us?

cállate, que te voy a dar un chingadazo: shut up or I'll thump you inf

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pipe down: callarse la boca inf

pipe down!: ¡cállate la boca! inf

shut your cakehole: ¡cállate (la boca)!

shut your gob!: ¡cállate la boca! inf

shut up inf: callarse

shut up, Emily!: ¡cállate (la boca), Emily!

dry up!: ¡cállate la boca! inf

in the PONS Dictionary

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callarse de [o por] algo (no hablar): to keep quiet because of sth

callarse de [o por] algo (enmudecer): to fall silent due to sth

¡cállate de una vez!: just shut up!

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pipe down (be quiet): callarse

to not let on about sth: callarse algo

shush: callarse

break off: callarse

quieten: callarse

quieten down: callarse

hush: callarse

to leave sth unsaid: callarse algo

to dummy up: callarse como un muerto

in the PONS Dictionary

Spanish

Spanish

English

English

callarse de [o por] algo (no hablar): to keep quiet because of sth

callarse de [o por] algo (enmudecer): to fall silent due to sth

¡cállate de una vez!: just shut up!

English

English

Spanish

Spanish

pipe down (be quiet): callarse

break off: callarse

shush: callarse

to not let on about sth: callarse algo

quiet down: callarse

to leave sth unsaid: callarse algo

hush: callarse

shut up: callarse

to dummy up: callarse como un muerto

presente
yo	callo
tú	callas
él/ella/usted	calla
nosotros/nosotras	callamos
vosotros/vosotras	calláis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	callan

imperfecto
yo	callaba
tú	callabas
él/ella/usted	callaba
nosotros/nosotras	callábamos
vosotros/vosotras	callabais
ellos/ellas/ustedes	callaban

indefinido
yo	callé
tú	callaste
él/ella/usted	calló
nosotros/nosotras	callamos
vosotros/vosotras	callasteis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	callaron

futuro
yo	callaré
tú	callarás
él/ella/usted	callará
nosotros/nosotras	callaremos
vosotros/vosotras	callaréis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	callarán

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

callarse de [o por] algo (no hablar): to keep quiet because of sth

callarse de [o por] algo (enmudecer): to fall silent due to sth

¡cállate de una vez!: just shut up!

callarse sus méritos: to hide one's light under a bushel

¡cállate, hombre!: give it a rest, eh!

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

La justicia - - pan del pueblo - - casi siempre hambrea al hombre.

cultural.argenpress.info

Peto hubo un hombre que jamás dio crédito a la legendaria maldición de los faraones, precisamente quien hubiera tenido más motivos para temer la.

elcomentamierda.blogspot.com

Tampoco había surgido el hombre nuevo o campeado la justicia.

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Cuando estuvieron delante de mi barandilla continuaba sin ver la cara de la mujer porque el toldillo la ocultaba completamente, pero veía parcialmente la del hombre.

www.reikiare.com

Hacen que la mujer segregue oxitocina y el hombre, prostaglandinas seminales, que pueden ayudar a ablandar el cérvix uterino y a iniciar el parto.

www.infermeravirtual.com

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