English-Spanish translations for shut up

  • callarseHa estado mucho tiempo trabajando entre rejas; quizás podría callarse un momento... He had a lot of time practising behind bars; maybe he could shut up now for a moment... Hace dos años, el Presidente Chirac dijo a los países que respaldaron la intervención de los Estados Unidos en Iraq que habían perdido una buena oportunidad de callarse. Two years ago, President Chirac told the countries supporting US intervention in Iraq that they had missed a good opportunity to shut up.
  • cerrarEn Europa, muchos apicultores han tenido que cerrar. In Europe, many beekeepers have had to shut up shop. El cierre de empresas que fabrican componentes para automóviles, como Lear y Valeo que han tenido que cerrar sus tiendas, han afectado profundamente a mis paisanos. The closures of companies manufacturing automobile components, such as Lear and Valeo which have shut up shop, are deeply shocking for my fellow countrymen.
  • cerrar la boca
  • encerrar
  • callad
  • cállanse
  • callar
  • callarse la boca
  • callate
  • cállate la boca
  • cállese
  • chisEn otras palabras, a los comunistas de Chisinau les gustaría que Bucarest se callara. In other words, the Communists in Chişinău would like Bucharest to shut up.
  • cierra la boca
  • clausurar
  • guardar
  • resguardar
  • silencioEntonces habrá llegado el momento de clamar o mantener silencio con respecto a la burocracia procedente de Bruselas. Then it will be time to put up or shut up with regard to bureaucracy coming from Brussels.

Definition of shut up

  • To close so that no one can enter
  • To enclose in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
  • To put in a secure enclosed place
  • I don't believe it!, no way!
  • To murder, kill
  • Closed up or off, as in a building that no one is to enter

Examples

  • You are talking so loud that I cant hear the music – would you mind shutting up?
  • He was blathering on about something, but I managed to shut him up
  • I got accepted to Yale! – Shut up, really? Thats awesome!
  • I just heard that your wife was trying to shut you up for the insurance money

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