Sentence examples of "callar" in Spanish

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Translations: all16 shut up10 stop5 other translations1
¿Te puedes callar por favor? Can you please shut up?
¿Por qué no te callas? Why don't you shut up?
Abruptamente, el bus se detuvo en medio de la calle. The bus stopped suddenly in the middle of the street.
¡Te dije que te calles! I said shut up!
La parada de autobús está al otro lado de la calle. The bus stop is across the street.
Será mejor que te calles. You'd better shut up.
Un coche de policía se ha detenido en un lado de la calle. A police car has stopped on the side of the road.
¿Por qué no solo te callas? Why don't you just shut up?
Sabes, el otro día me encontré con él en la calle, y nos paramos para hablar. You know, I came across him in the street the other day, we stopped to chat.
Eres bueno escuchando, ¿por qué no te callas? You are good in listening, why don't you shut up?
¿Te estás burlando de mí o qué? Es la tercera vez que te pido que te calles y que sigas la clase. Are you making fun of me or what? That's thrice now that I've told you to stop talking and to pay attention to the class.
El profesor le dijo a Mary que se callara. The teacher told Mary to shut up.
Quienquiera que se calle aun si tiene razón, está casado. Whoever shuts up, even though he is right, is married.
Quienquiera que se calle al darse cuenta de que está equivocado es sabio. Whoever shuts up when he notices he's wrong is wise.
—¿Eh? —Dima no lo entendía— ¿Pero tú no eres Al-Sayib? ¿Y no estás bebiendo Fanta y diciéndoles a los novatos que se callen? "Huh?" Dima didn't understand. "But isn't this Al-Sayib? And aren't you drinking Fanta and telling noobs to shut up?"
Haz callar a ese niño. Shut that boy up.
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