calar
Meaning
- (intransitive) to shut up; to be silent
- (transitive) to sink, submerge
- (transitive) to touch the bottom
- (transitive) to fathom; to probe
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[kɑ.ˈlaɾ]
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin *callāre, from Latin chalāre, present active infinitive of chalō, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō). Cognate with Portuguese calar and Spanish callar.
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