This week’s Spanish word of the week is callarse.
callarse VERB to stop talking; to keep quiet
callarse is the reflexive form of the verb callar. The basic idea behind callarse is that of ‘not talking’:
Cuando entró el profesor, todos nos callamos. When the teacher came in we all stopped talking.
Me callé lo que ya sabía. I kept quiet about what I already knew.
You can use it to tell people to be quiet:
¡Cállense, por favor! Please be quiet!
But callarse la boca is rather informal:
¡Cállate la boca! Shut up!
Come back next week for another insight into Spanish vocabulary!
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