What is the infinitive of the expression "caía te "???
In the meaning "shut up". Or is there other expression for "shut up"?
1 Answer
Where did you get that.
Caía is a conjugation of caer (imperfect for first and third person singular), to fall, which is not transitive, rather intransitive or pronominal and so would not normally be followed by te, unless there was a comma and a verb following te, at least that I can think of now.
Like: Mientras él se caía, te gritó "ayúdame"- While he was falling down, he shouted "help me" at you.
Cállate is shut up, be quiet, (informal command) from callarse.
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/callar
Silencio por favor- Silence, please
No hagas ruido- don't make noise
Quédate callado- keep quiet
Cierra la boca- shut your mouth.
I am sure there are other ways. Many involve silencio- mantiénete en silencio, guarda silencio, haz silencio etc.
My image unfortunately lacks the accent. But it should be there.
