calar — meaning in English

English meaning

• can verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
• mute adj Unable or unwilling to speak; silent.

Senses

calar is used for these senses in English:

• be silent To refrain from speaking; to say nothing. (This entry is a translation hub.)
• can (transitive, slang) To shut up.
• mute (transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
• 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.

can — full definition

1. verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
2. verb Used to say something is allowed or permitted.
3. noun A sealed metal container, especially for food or drink.
4. verb To preserve food by sealing it in an airtight can or jar.
5. verb Informally, to dismiss someone from a job, or to scrap a plan.

mute — full definition

1. adj Unable or unwilling to speak; silent.
2. verb To silence or turn off the sound of something.
3. noun A device used to soften or dampen the sound of a musical instrument.

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