callar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin chalāre, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kəˈʎa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [kaˈʎaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [kaˈʎa] === Verb === callar (first-person singular present callo, first-person singular preterite callí, past participle callat) (intransitive) to be silent, to be quiet El meu home calla. ― My husband doesn't say a word. (intransitive) to hush, to stop talking, to become silent Si us plau, calleu! ― Please, silence! (transitive) to hush, to make silent I llavors el va fer callar. ― And then he shut him up. (transitive or reflexive) to say nothing about, to not mention Aquestes coses se les calla. ― She does not mention such things. ==== Conjugation ==== == Galician == === Alternative forms === coallar, cuallar coalhar, calhar (reintegrationist) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin coagulare (“coagulate”). Cognate with Portuguese coalhar, Spanish cuajar, and Sicilian quagghiari. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈɟaɾ/ [kɑˈɟaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Hyphenation: ca‧llar === Verb === callar (first-person singular present callo, first-person singular preterite callei, past participle callado) to curdle, solidify to coagulate Synonym: coagular ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== callada callón === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “coallar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “callar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “callar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “callar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “callar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “callar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *callāre, from Latin chalāre, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō). Compare Portuguese calar. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: ca‧llar === Verb === callar (first-person singular present callo, first-person singular preterite callé, past participle callado) to calm Synonyms: calmar, tranquilizar (reflexive, often derogatory in imperative) to be silent, to shut up to keep silent (intransitive) to hush, to become silent (transitive) to hush, to make silent to not mention ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “callar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025