callar

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈʎaɾ]

Verb

callar (first-person singular present callo, first-person singular preterite callí, 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

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Galician

Verb

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Derived terms

• callón

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *callō, from Latin chalō, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /kaˈʝaɾ/ [kaˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈʝaɾ/ [kaˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kaˈʎaɾ/ [kaˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈʃaɾ/ [kaˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈʒaɾ/ [kaˈʒaɾ]

• IPA^(key): /kaˈʒaɾ/, /kaˈʃaɾ/

Verb

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. (intransitive) to hush, to become silent
5. (transitive) to hush, to make silent
6. to not mention
7. (reflexive) to be quiet

Derived terms

• al jugar y perder, pagar y callar
• callado
• callarse
• callarse la boca
• no callarse ni bajo el agua; no callarse ni debajo del agua
• quien calla, otorga