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				masculine		feminine
		singular		callat		callada
		plural		callats		callades
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 vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	calli	callis	calli	callem	calleu	callin
	imperfect	callés	callessis	callés	calléssim	calléssiu	callessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	calla	calli	callem	calleu	callin

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Spanish

Etymology

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

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, 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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of callar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			callar
gerund			callando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		callado		callada
		plural		callados		calladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello 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/ello 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.

    Selected combined forms of callar^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive callar
	dative	callarme	callarte	callarle, callarse	callarnos	callaros	callarles, callarse
	accusative	callarme	callarte	callarlo, callarla, callarse	callarnos	callaros	callarlos, callarlas, callarse
with gerund callando
	dative	callándome	callándote	callándole, callándose	callándonos	callándoos	callándoles, callándose
	accusative	callándome	callándote	callándolo, callándola, callándose	callándonos	callándoos	callándolos, callándolas, callándose
with informal second-person singular imperative calla
	dative	cállame	cállate	cállale	cállanos	not used	cállales
	accusative	cállame	cállate	cállalo, cállala	cállanos	not used	cállalos, cállalas
with formal second-person singular imperative calle
	dative	cálleme	not used	cállele, cállese	cállenos	not used	cálleles
	accusative	cálleme	not used	cállelo, cállela, cállese	cállenos	not used	cállelos, cállelas
with first-person plural imperative callemos
	dative	not used	callémoste	callémosle	callémonos	callémoos	callémosles
	accusative	not used	callémoste	callémoslo, callémosla	callémonos	callémoos	callémoslos, callémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative callad
	dative	calladme	not used	calladle	calladnos	callaos	calladles
	accusative	calladme	not used	calladlo, calladla	calladnos	callaos	calladlos, calladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative callen
	dative	cállenme	not used	cállenle	cállennos	not used	cállenles, cállense
	accusative	cállenme	not used	cállenlo, cállenla	cállennos	not used	cállenlos, cállenlas, cállense

Derived terms

• callarse
• callarse la boca