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callar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hush verb To become quiet, or to make someone or something quiet.
  • silent adjective Making no sound at all; completely quiet.

Senses

callar is used for these senses in English:

  • hush (intransitive) To become quiet.
  • hush (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
  • keep quiet (intransitive) To remain silent.
  • shut up (ergative, derogatory, often imperative) Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise.
  • silent Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.

hush — full definition

  1. verb To become quiet, or to make someone or something quiet.
  2. noun A sudden silence, especially after noise.

silent — full definition

  1. adjective Making no sound at all; completely quiet.
  2. adjective Not speaking; saying nothing.
  3. adjective Of a letter, written but not pronounced.
  4. noun A film made without recorded sound or dialogue.

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