callar

Catalan

Etymology

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

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

Conjugation of callar (first conjugation)

infinitive			callar
present participle			callant
past participle			callat
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
Indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	callo	calles	calla	callem	calleu	callen
	imperfect	callava	callaves	callava	callàvem	callàveu	callaven
	future	callaré	callaràs	callarà	callarem	callareu	callaran
	preterite	callí	callares	callà	callàrem	callàreu	callaren
	conditional	callaria	callaries	callaria	callaríem	callaríeu	callarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
	present	calli	callis	calli	callem	calleu	callin
	imperfect	callés	callessis	callés	calléssim	calléssiu	callessin
imperative		—	tu	ell/ella	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
		—	calla	calli	callem	calleu	callin

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin chalo, chalāre (through a Vulgar Latin form *callāre, from Ancient Greek χαλᾶν (khalân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈʎaɾ/, /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
3. to keep silent
4. to hush, to become silent
5. to hush, to make silent
6. to not mention

Conjugation

    Conjugation of callar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			callar
gerund			callando
past participle			callado
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	callo	callastú callásvos	calla	callamos	calláis	callan
	imperfect	callaba	callabas	callaba	callábamos	callabais	callaban
	preterite	callé	callaste	calló	callamos	callasteis	callaron
	future	callaré	callarás	callará	callaremos	callaréis	callarán
	conditional	callaría	callarías	callaría	callaríamos	callaríais	callarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	calle	callestú callésvos1	calle	callemos	calléis	callen
	imperfect (ra)	callara	callaras	callara	calláramos	callarais	callaran
	imperfect (se)	callase	callases	callase	callásemos	callaseis	callasen
	future	callare	callares	callare	calláremos	callareis	callaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		callatú callávos	calle	callemos	callad	callen
	negative		no calles	no calle	no callemos	no calléis	no callen

¹ Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• callarse
• callarse la boca