callarse — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
callarse is used for these senses in English:
- be silent To refrain from speaking; to say nothing. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- clam up (intransitive, informal) To become silent; to stop talking.
- hold one's tongue (idiomatic) To refrain from talking about something.
- hush (intransitive) To become quiet.
- hush (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
- 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.
- stint (obsolete, intransitive) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
hush — full definition
- verb To become quiet, or to make someone or something quiet.
- noun A sudden silence, especially after noise.
stint — full definition
- noun A period of time spent doing a particular job or activity.
- verb To be sparing or stingy with something.