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How to conjugate Callar in Spanish

To stop talking, to be quiet Regular AR Verb

Introduction

Callar is the Spanish verb for "to stop talking, to be quiet". It is a regular AR verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!

Similar verbs to callar include: silenciar.

ItemSpanishEnglish
Infinitivecallarto stop talking, to be quiet
Past participlecalladostopped talking
Gerundcallandostopping talking
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Indicative Tenses of Callar

Callar in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of callar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "callo", meaning "I stop talking".

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YocalloI stop talking
callasyou stop talking
Ella / Él / Ustedcallas/he stops talking, you (formal) stop talking
Nosotras / Nosotroscallamoswe stop talking
Vosotras / Vosotroscalláisyou (plural) stop talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescallanthey stop talking,

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Callar in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of callar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "callé", meaning "I stopped talking".

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YocalléI stopped talking
callasteyou stopped talking
Ella / Él / Ustedcallós/he stopped talking, you (formal) stopped talking
Nosotras / Nosotroscallamoswe stopped talking
Vosotras / Vosotroscallasteisyou (plural) stopped talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescallaronthey stopped talking,

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Callar in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of callar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "callaba", meaning "I used to stop talking".

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YocallabaI used to stop talking
callabasyou used to stop talking
Ella / Él / Ustedcallabas/he used to stop talking, you (formal) used to stop talking
Nosotras / Nosotroscallábamoswe used to stop talking
Vosotras / Vosotroscallabaisyou (plural) used to stop talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescallabanthey used to stop talking,

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Callar in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of callar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy callando", meaning "I am stopping talking".

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy callandoI am stopping talking
estás callandoyou are stopping talking
Ella / Él / Ustedestá callandos/he is stopping talking, you (formal) are stopping talking
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos callandowe are stopping talking
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis callandoyou (plural) are stopping talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán callandothey are stopping talking,

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Callar in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of callar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a callar", meaning "I am going to stop talking".

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a callarI am going to stop talking
vas a callaryou are going to stop talking
Ella / Él / Ustedva a callars/he is going to stop talking, you (formal) are going to stop talking
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a callarwe are going to stop talking
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a callaryou (plural) are going to stop talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a callarthey are going to stop talking,

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Callar in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of callar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "callaré", meaning "I will stop talking".

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YocallaréI will stop talking
callarásyou will stop talking
Ella / Él / Ustedcallarás/he will stop talking, you (formal) will stop talking
Nosotras / Nosotroscallaremoswe will stop talking
Vosotras / Vosotroscallaréisyou (plural) will stop talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescallaránthey will stop talking,

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Callar in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of callar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "callaría", meaning "I would stop talking".

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YocallaríaI would stop talking
callaríasyou would stop talking
Ella / Él / Ustedcallarías/he would stop talking, you (formal) would stop talking
Nosotras / Nosotroscallaríamoswe would stop talking
Vosotras / Vosotroscallaríaisyou (plural) would stop talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescallaríanthey would stop talking,

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Callar in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of callar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he callado", meaning "I have stopped talking".

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe calladoI have stopped talking
has calladoyou have stopped talking
Ella / Él / Ustedha callados/he has stopped talking, you (formal) have stopped talking
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos calladowe have stopped talking
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis calladoyou (plural) have stopped talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan calladothey have stopped talking,

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Callar in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of callar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había callado", meaning "I had stopped talking".

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía calladoI had stopped talking
habías calladoyou had stopped talking
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía callados/he had stopped talking, you (formal) had stopped talking
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos calladowe had stopped talking
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais calladoyou (plural) had stopped talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían calladothey had stopped talking,

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Callar in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of callar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré callado", meaning "I will have stopped talking".

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré calladoI will have stopped talking
habrás calladoyou will have stopped talking
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá callados/he will have stopped talking, you (formal) will have stopped talking
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos calladowe will have stopped talking
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis calladoyou (plural) will have stopped talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán calladothey will have stopped talking,

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Callar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of callar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría callado", meaning "I would have stopped talking".

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría calladoI would have stopped talking
habrías calladoyou would have stopped talking
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría callados/he would have stopped talking, you (formal) would have stopped talking
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos calladowe would have stopped talking
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais calladoyou (plural) would have stopped talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían calladothey would have stopped talking,

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Subjunctive Tenses of Callar

Callar in the Subjunctive Present

The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "calle", meaning "I stop talking".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YocalleI stop talking
callesyou stop talking
Ella / Él / Ustedcalles/he stops talking, you (formal) stop talking
Nosotras / Nosotroscallemoswe stop talking
Vosotras / Vosotroscalléisyou (plural) stop talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescallenthey stop talking,

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Callar in the Subjunctive Imperfect

The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "callara", meaning "I stopped talking".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YocallaraI stopped talking
callarasyou stopped talking
Ella / Él / Ustedcallaras/he stopped talking, you (formal) stopped talking
Nosotras / Nosotroscalláramoswe stopped talking
Vosotras / Vosotroscallaraisyou (plural) stopped talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescallaranthey stopped talking,

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Callar in the Subjunctive Future

The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "callare", meaning "I will stop talking".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YocallareI will stop talking
callaresyou will stop talking
Ella / Él / Ustedcallares/he will stop talking, you (formal) will stop talking
Nosotras / Nosotroscalláremoswe will stop talking
Vosotras / Vosotroscallareisyou (plural) will stop talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescallarenthey will stop talking,

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Callar in the Subjunctive Present Perfect

The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya callado", meaning "I have stopped talking".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya calladoI have stopped talking
hayas calladoyou have stopped talking
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya callados/he has stopped talking, you (formal) have stopped talking
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos calladowe have stopped talking
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis calladoyou (plural) have stopped talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan calladothey have stopped talking,

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Callar in the Subjunctive Past Perfect

The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera callado", meaning "I had stopped talking".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera calladoI had stopped talking
hubieras calladoyou had stopped talking
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera callados/he had stopped talking, you (formal) had stopped talking
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos calladowe had stopped talking
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais calladoyou (plural) had stopped talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran calladothey had stopped talking,

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Callar in the Subjunctive Future Perfect

The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "hubiere callado", meaning "I will have stopped talking".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere calladoI will have stopped talking
hubieres calladoyou will have stopped talking
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere callados/he will have stopped talking, you (formal) will have stopped talking
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos calladowe will have stopped talking
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis calladoyou (plural) will have stopped talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren calladothey will have stopped talking,

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Imperative Tenses of Callar

Callar in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "calle", meaning "(to you formal) stop! talking".

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
calla(to you) stop! talking
Ella / Él / Ustedcalle(to you formal) stop! talking
Nosotras / Nosotroscallemoslet's stop! talking
Vosotras / Vosotroscallad(to you plural) stop! talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedescallen(to you plural formal) stop! talking

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Callar in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no calle", meaning "(to you formal) don't stop! talking".

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
no calles(to you) don't stop! talking
Ella / Él / Ustedno calle(to you formal) don't stop! talking
Nosotras / Nosotrosno callemoslet's not stop! talking
Vosotras / Vosotrosno calléis(to you plural) don't stop! talking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno callen(to you plural formal) don't stop! talking

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