callar

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El que   más   habla   es   el que   más   tiene   porqué   callar .

The one who speaks the most is the one who has the most to keep quiet.

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Meaning

  1. to calm
  2. (derogatory, often, reflexive) to be silent, to shut up
  3. to keep silent
  4. (intransitive) to hush, to become silent
  5. (transitive) to hush, to make silent
  6. to not mention

Concepts

shut up
hush
be quiet
be silent
keep quiet
quiet

keep silent

clam up
not to mention
pass over
silent
🔇
stifle
suppress

become silent

belt up
dummy up

fall silent

keep quiet about

keep silence

remain silent

button up
calm down
close up
conceal
hush up
keep mum
mute
🔇
Synonyms

callarse
C2

guardar silencio

enmudecer
silencioso
C1
🔇
calmarse
C2
enmudecerse
tranquilizarse
38k

cesar de

cerrar el pico

guardar completo silencio

acabar plática

calmar
C2
ocultar
B2
Translations

schweigen
taire
tacere

se taire

callar
calar
susmak
calmer

calar-se

verschweigen

stare zitti

garder le silence
ammutolire
apaiser
Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
ca‧llar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈʝaɾ/
Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
calar
In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *callāre, from Latin chalāre, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō). Compare Portuguese calar.

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