Spanish-English translations for callarse

shut upHe had a lot of time practising behind bars; maybe he could shut up now for a moment... Ha estado mucho tiempo trabajando entre rejas; quizás podría callarse un momento... Two years ago, President Chirac told the countries supporting US intervention in Iraq that they had missed a good opportunity to shut up. 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. You are talking so loud that I cant hear the music – would you mind shutting up?
be silentAn apparently wealthy country like Brazil has more poor people than any other country on this planet and Europe cannot be silent on this question. Un país aparentemente rico como Brasil tiene más población pobre que cualquier otro país de este planeta y Europa no puede callarse ante ello.

clam up
hold one's tongueI dont like his political ideas, but I will hold my tongue.
hush
stintThe next party you throw, dont stint on the beer.He had a stint in jail.

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