I would be grateful if she would shut up and stop complaining

Question

There's this girl in my Spanish class that complains about everything that we do in class. I just wanted to have some fun and talk to my Spanish teacher about it in Spanish so that the girl will not understand. (The girl speaks English)

Answer 1

Of course, you could go with the good old fashioned "silencio" but, as it is a cognate, she MIGHT understand what it means...

Answer 2

In Spanish they don't say shut your mouth they say close your beak.

This is somewhat debatable. You could certainly say "Me gustaría que se callara/cllase." You could also use "el pico" but that's rather like saying "I wish she'd close her trap/yap." (or the British "close her gob").

Answer 3

In Spanish they don't say shut your mouth they say close your beak.

It keeps amazing me how many sentences are the same in Spanish and in Polish

Answer 4

Me gustaría que ella se callara y parara de quejarse. I would like it if she would shut up and stop complaining.

and you wouldn's say Me gusta la senora callate la boca o salida, you would say Me gustaría que la señorita se callara o saliera. or Me gustaría que la señorita se cerrara el pico o saliera. In spanish they don't say shut your mouth they say close your beak.

Answer 5

I would be grateful if she would shut up and stop complaining.

Estaría agradecida si ella se callara y dejara de reclamar.

"Callar" and "dejar" are conjugated to the imperfect subjunctive there, right? - Gustav-R, Oct 9, 2009

That's right, Gustav-R. - Carlos-F, Oct 10, 2009

Answer 6

"Me gusta la seniorita callate la boca o salida. I want the girl to either shut up or leave.