cállate in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for cállate in the Spanish»English Dictionary

I.callar VB intr

callar

to be quiet

callar

to shut up inf

calla, que no me dejas oír

be quiet o shut up, I can't hear

lloró toda la noche, no hubo manera de hacerlo callar

he cried all night, nothing we could do would make him stop

ya tiene tres niños — ¡calla! inf

she has three children now — never! o she hasn't! inf

quien calla otorga prov

silence implies o gives consent

II.callar VB trans

1. callar secreto:

callar

to keep … to oneself

intentaron callar estas cifras

they attempted to keep these figures quiet

2. callar LatAm persona:

callen a esos niños

get those children to be quiet

callen a esos niños

shut those kids up, will you? inf

III.callarse VB vpr

1. callarse (guardar silencio):

callarse

to be quiet

¡cállate!

be quiet!

¡cállate!

shut up! inf

¡cállate la boca! inf

shut your mouth! sl

¿te quieres callar de una vez?

will you shut up!

cuando entró todos se callaron

when he walked in everyone went quiet o stopped talking

la próxima vez no me callaré

next time I won't keep quiet

2. callarse (no decir):

callarse noticia

to keep … quiet

callarse noticia

to keep … to oneself

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callate, no seas fúlmine

be quiet, are you trying to put a jinx on us?

callate, no seas fúlmine

be quiet, are you trying to put the mockers on us? Brit inf

anda, gilipollas, cállate la boca

shut up, you jerk o prat o git!

¡cállate, malage!

shut up, are you trying to put a jinx on us?

cállate, que te voy a dar un chingadazo

shut up or I'll thump you inf

Translations for cállate in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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pipe down

callarse la boca inf

pipe down!

¡cállate la boca! inf

shut your cakehole

¡cállate (la boca)!

shut your gob!

¡cállate la boca! inf

shut up inf

callarse

shut up, Emily!

¡cállate (la boca), Emily!

dry up!

¡cállate la boca! inf

cállate in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cállate in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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callarse de [o por] algo (no hablar)

to keep quiet because of sth

callarse de [o por] algo (enmudecer)

to fall silent due to sth

¡cállate de una vez!

just shut up!

Translations for cállate in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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pipe down (be quiet)

callarse

to not let on about sth

callarse algo

shush

callarse

break off

callarse

quieten

callarse

quieten down

callarse

hush

callarse

to leave sth unsaid

callarse algo

to dummy up

callarse como un muerto

cállate Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

callarse de [o por] algo (no hablar)

to keep quiet because of sth

callarse de [o por] algo (enmudecer)

to fall silent due to sth

¡cállate de una vez!

just shut up!

callarse sus méritos

to hide one's light under a bushel

¡cállate, hombre!

give it a rest, eh!

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Spanish

Cállate hija de tu pinche madre, pinches mugrosas.

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