acallar

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /akaˈʝaɾ/ [a.kaˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /akaˈʝaɾ/ [a.kaˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /akaˈʎaɾ/ [a.kaˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /akaˈʃaɾ/ [a.kaˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /akaˈʒaɾ/ [a.kaˈʒaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ca‧llar

Verb

acallar (first-person singular present acallo, first-person singular preterite acallé, past participle acallado)

1. (transitive) to quiet, hush or silence

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acallar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acallar
gerund			acallando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acallado		acallada
		plural		acallados		acalladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acallo	acallastú acallásvos	acalla	acallamos	acalláis	acallan
	imperfect	acallaba	acallabas	acallaba	acallábamos	acallabais	acallaban
	preterite	acallé	acallaste	acalló	acallamos	acallasteis	acallaron
	future	acallaré	acallarás	acallará	acallaremos	acallaréis	acallarán
	conditional	acallaría	acallarías	acallaría	acallaríamos	acallaríais	acallarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acalle	acallestú acallésvos2	acalle	acallemos	acalléis	acallen
	imperfect (ra)	acallara	acallaras	acallara	acalláramos	acallarais	acallaran
	imperfect (se)	acallase	acallases	acallase	acallásemos	acallaseis	acallasen
	future1	acallare	acallares	acallare	acalláremos	acallareis	acallaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acallatú acallávos	acalle	acallemos	acallad	acallen
	negative		no acalles	no acalle	no acallemos	no acalléis	no acallen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of acallar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive acallar
	dative	acallarme	acallarte	acallarle, acallarse	acallarnos	acallaros	acallarles, acallarse
	accusative	acallarme	acallarte	acallarlo, acallarla, acallarse	acallarnos	acallaros	acallarlos, acallarlas, acallarse
with gerund acallando
	dative	acallándome	acallándote	acallándole, acallándose	acallándonos	acallándoos	acallándoles, acallándose
	accusative	acallándome	acallándote	acallándolo, acallándola, acallándose	acallándonos	acallándoos	acallándolos, acallándolas, acallándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acalla
	dative	acállame	acállate	acállale	acállanos	not used	acállales
	accusative	acállame	acállate	acállalo, acállala	acállanos	not used	acállalos, acállalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acallá
	dative	acallame	acallate	acallale	acallanos	not used	acallales
	accusative	acallame	acallate	acallalo, acallala	acallanos	not used	acallalos, acallalas
with formal second-person singular imperative acalle
	dative	acálleme	not used	acállele, acállese	acállenos	not used	acálleles
	accusative	acálleme	not used	acállelo, acállela, acállese	acállenos	not used	acállelos, acállelas
with first-person plural imperative acallemos
	dative	not used	acallémoste	acallémosle	acallémonos	acallémoos	acallémosles
	accusative	not used	acallémoste	acallémoslo, acallémosla	acallémonos	acallémoos	acallémoslos, acallémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acallad
	dative	acalladme	not used	acalladle	acalladnos	acallaos	acalladles
	accusative	acalladme	not used	acalladlo, acalladla	acalladnos	acallaos	acalladlos, acalladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acallen
	dative	acállenme	not used	acállenle	acállennos	not used	acállenles, acállense
	accusative	acállenme	not used	acállenlo, acállenla	acállennos	not used	acállenlos, acállenlas, acállense

Related terms

• callar

 

Further reading

• “acallar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28