hacer callar
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hacer callar(
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sehr
kah
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yahr
)A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g., take out the trash.).
1. (general)
a. to get to be quiet
La maestra dio una palmada para hacer callar a sus alumnos.The teacher clapped her hands to get her pupils to be quiet.
b. to silence
Ana estaba regañando a su hijo, pero las lágrimas de él la hicieron callar.Ana was scolding her son, but his tears silenced her.
c. to shut up (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Luis estaba diciendo muchas tonterías y su novia le dio una patada por debajo de la mesa para hacerlo callar.Luis was talking a lot of nonsense and his girlfriend kicked him under the table to shut him up.
d. to quell (protests)
El gobierno está haciendo todo lo posible para hacer callar las protestas ciudadanas.The government is doing everything it can to quell citizen protests.
e. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Ese perro me está volviendo loca con sus ladridos. ¿No habrá una forma de hacerlo callar?That dog is driving me crazy with its barking. Isn't there a way to make it stop?
El bebé seguía llorando y la madre no sabía cómo hacerlo callar.The baby was still crying and the mother didn't know how to make him stop.
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