acallar — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
acallar is used for these senses in English:
- hush (transitive) To make quiet.
- hush (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
- mute (transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
- quiet down (transitive, US) To make someone or something become quieter.
- 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.
- silence (transitive) To suppress criticism, etc.
hush — full definition
- verb To become quiet, or to make someone or something quiet.
- noun A sudden silence, especially after noise.
mute — full definition
- adj Unable or unwilling to speak; silent.
- verb To silence or turn off the sound of something.
- noun A device used to soften or dampen the sound of a musical instrument.