callar

Meaning

1. to calm
2. (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

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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

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Synonyms

callarse

guardar silencio

enmudecer

silencioso

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calmarse

enmudecerse

tranquilizarse

cesar de

cerrar el pico

guardar completo silencio

acabar plática

calmar

ocultar

Hyphenated as

ca‧llar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈʝaɾ/

Etymology

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

Sentences

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.