callar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin chalāre, from Ancient Greek χαλᾶν (khalân).

Pronunciation

Verb

callar (first-person singular present callo, past participle callat)

  1. (intransitive) to be silent, to be quiet
  2. (intransitive) to hush, to stop talking, to become silent
  3. (transitive) to hush, to make silent
  4. (transitive) to say nothing about, to not mention

Conjugation


Galician

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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Conjugation

Derived terms

  • callón

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *callō, from Latin chalō, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /kaˈʎaɾ/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /kaˈɟ͡ʝaɾ/, [kaˈʝaɾ]
  • (Argentina) IPA(key): /kaˈʒaɾ/

Verb

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

  1. to calm
  2. to be silent, to shut up
    ¿Por qué no te callas?
    Why don’t you shut up?
  3. to keep silent
  4. to hush, to become silent
  5. to hush, to make silent
  6. to not mention
  7. (reflexive) to be quiet

Conjugation

        Derived terms

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