La Palabra del Día: Callar
Callar
to keep quiet, to be silent, to stop talking
Note: This word will be the official Word of the Day and will be posted December 19, 2011.
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My Example:
Por mi vida he aprendido que hay veces cuando debería hablar, y hay veces cuando debería callar. Lo más importante es saber la diferencia.
Through my life I have learned that there are times when I should talk, and times when I should shut up. The most important thing is knowing the difference.
26 Answers
Si lo que vas a decir no es más bello que el silencio.... cállate! 
If what you are going to say is not more beatiful than silence ....keep quiet!
A veces, cuando estás casado, necesitas saber cuando callar.
Sometimes, when you are married, you need to know when to shut up.
When after our professor read his lecture we keep silence and don't ask any question he says "One of two: either you understood everything or you understood nothing".
With Billygoat's corrections:
When after our professor read his lecture we remain silent and don't ask any question he says "One of two: either you understood everything or you understood nothing".
Cuando después nuestro profesor leyó su conferencia callamos y no preguntamos ningun preguntas él dice "Uno de dos: o entendisteis todo or no entendisteis nada".
After DrVicente's and RaulSpaniard's corrections:
Después de que nuestro profesor dio su conferencia, callamos y no hicimos preguntas. Dice "Una de dos cosas: entendisteis todo o no entendisteis nada".
Mi hijita tiene muy gracia. Habla todo el tiempo, pero cuando está mirando la televisión ¡quiere que calle todo el mundo!
My daughter is very funny. She talks all the time, but when she is watching television she wants everybody to keep quiet!
No es necesario a decir a me callar porque sé de nada sé de nada absolutamente.
No need to tell me to shut up because I know nothing , I know nothing at all.
When you are driving a car, ¡shut up and drive!
Cuando conduces un coche, ¡cállate y conduce!
¿Cuándo es el tiempo adecuado para pedir callarse a su amigo? When is the right time to ask your friend to shut up?
To be silent is like having gold.
Callar es como tener el oro.
Sometimes when a person is too shy to say what they are thinking, their eyes say it all.
My try:
A veces cuando una persona está demasiado tímida para decir lo que están pensando sus ojos asienten y su boca calla.
Edit gracias a Vicente
A veces cuando una persona es tímida para decir lo que está pensando, muestra sus sentimientos con los ojos y la boca callada.
Otra sugerencia
A veces, cuando una persona es demasiado tímida para decir lo que está pensando, sus ojos asienten y su boca calla.
Se tiene que callar para oír el coro de los pájaros en la naturaleza.
One has to be quiet to hear the choir of birds in nature.
A menudo en conversaciones de Skype, callo porque los otros personas son hablando mucho mejor que yo.
Oftentimes in conversations on Skype I keep quiet because the other people are speaking much better than I.
When children can't keep quiet, wearing earmuffs is nice.
Cuando los niños no pueden callar, es agradable llevar orejeras.
Es mejor callar permitiendo que la gente crea que eres inteligente en vez de abrir la boca quitando toda duda.
It's better to be quiet and have people think you are wise, then to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
¿Conoces la mujer que vive en la esquina de las calles A y B?. ya tiene tres niños — ¡calla!
Do you know the woman who lives on the corner of streets A and B. She has three children now — never! or she hasn't or no way.
In my opinion the only man who can make a woman to shut up without being in a big trouble is the photographer! 
En mi opinión ¡el único hombre que puede mandar callar a una mujer sin tener problemas grandes es el fotógrafo!
Otherwise you need to start running!
¡De otra manera necesitas empezar a correr!
