/ka藞蕩a删se/ ES

/ka藞蕽a删se/ MX

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Translation

to be quiet, to shut up, to stop talking

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Grammar

Verb type-ar reflexive
ReflexiveYes

Conjugation

Regular -ar conjugation. Pronouns: yo, t煤, 茅l/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Indicative

Person PresentPreteriteImperfectFutureConditional
yocallocall茅callabacallar茅callar铆a
t煤callascallastecallabascallar谩scallar铆as
茅l/ella/ud.callacall贸callabacallar谩callar铆a
nos.callamoscallamoscall谩bamoscallaremoscallar铆amos
vos.call谩iscallasteiscallabaiscallar茅iscallar铆ais
ellos/uds.callancallaroncallabancallar谩ncallar铆an

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect (-ra)Imperfect (-se)
yocallecallaracallase
t煤callescallarascallases
茅l/ella/ud.callecallaracallase
nos.callemoscall谩ramoscall谩semos
vos.call茅iscallaraiscallaseis
ellos/uds.callencallarancallasen

Imperative

Person Affirmative
t煤calla
ud.calle
nosotroscallemos
vosotroscallad
uds.callen

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
callando
Past participle
callado

Examples

隆 , !

Be quiet once and for all, please!

callarme .

I would rather keep quiet than tell a lie.

.

The children went quiet when the teacher came in.

, .

Do not stay silent, tell me what happened.

.

She fell silent and looked down.

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This word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 4: callarse, afuera, parar and 7 more words.