callar
/kaˈʝaɾ/ verb B1- to calm
- to be silent, to shut up · ¿Por qué no te callas? Why don’t you shut up?
- to keep silent
- to hush, to become silent
- to hush, to make silent
- to not mention
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- callar
- Gerund
- callando
- Past participle
- callado
- Present (yo)
- callo
- Preterite (yo)
- callé
From the library
mandó callar un hada,
A la revuelta de una calle en sombra,
Todos callamos.
Si la casa estaba en calle de mucha gente, hacían cuartos con puerta a la calle, y los alquilaban para tiendas.
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