The Spanish verb callarse means "to go quiet, shut up". It is the reflexive form of callar ("to keep quiet, silence"), so every form carries a pronoun that agrees with the subject: me, te, se, nos or os. Below are its 8 tenses as tables, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of callarse is yo me callo, tú te callas, él/ella/usted se calla, nosotros nos callamos, vosotros os calláis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se callan. It is a regular -ar verb, so every tense takes the standard -ar endings. Its pronoun (me, te, se, nos or os) comes before each conjugated form and is attached to an affirmative command: cállate.
| yo | me callo | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | te callas | |
| él/ | se calla | |
| nosotros | nos callamos | |
| vosotros | os calláis | |
| ellos/ | se callan |
| yo | me callé |
|---|---|
| tú | te callaste |
| él/ | se calló |
| nosotros | nos callamos |
| vosotros | os callasteis |
| ellos/ | se callaron |
| yo | me callaba |
|---|---|
| tú | te callabas |
| él/ | se callaba |
| nosotros | nos callábamos |
| vosotros | os callabais |
| ellos/ | se callaban |
| yo | me callaré |
|---|---|
| tú | te callarás |
| él/ | se callará |
| nosotros | nos callaremos |
| vosotros | os callaréis |
| ellos/ | se callarán |
| yo | me callaría |
|---|---|
| tú | te callarías |
| él/ | se callaría |
| nosotros | nos callaríamos |
| vosotros | os callaríais |
| ellos/ | se callarían |
| yo | me calle |
|---|---|
| tú | te calles |
| él/ | se calle |
| nosotros | nos callemos |
| vosotros | os calléis |
| ellos/ | se callen |
| tú | cállate |
|---|---|
| usted | cállese |
| nosotros | callémonos |
| vosotros | callaos |
| ustedes | cállense |
| yo | me he callado |
|---|---|
| tú | te has callado |
| él/ | se ha callado |
| nosotros | nos hemos callado |
| vosotros | os habéis callado |
| ellos/ | se han callado |
Callarse is regular. The reflexive pronoun comes before conjugated forms, as in me callo, and attaches to the affirmative imperative and gerund, as in cállate and callándose.
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Yes, callarse is regular. Its forms follow the regular -ar model shown in the table.
Callarse means to go quiet or shut up. Callar means to keep quiet or silence someone or something.
The pronoun comes before conjugated forms, as in me callo, and attaches to the affirmative imperative and gerund, as in cállate and callándose. The past participle is callado, and the present perfect uses haber.