callarse la boca

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kaˌʝaɾse la ˈboka/ [kaˌʝaɾ.se la ˈβ̞o.ka] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kaˌʎaɾse la ˈboka/ [kaˌʎaɾ.se la ˈβ̞o.ka] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kaˌʃaɾse la ˈboka/ [kaˌʃaɾ.se la ˈβ̞o.ka] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kaˌʒaɾse la ˈboka/ [kaˌʒaɾ.se la ˈβ̞o.ka] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: ca‧llar‧se la bo‧ca

Verb

callarse la boca (first-person singular present me callo la boca, first-person singular preterite me callé la boca, past participle callado la boca)

  1. (idiomatic) to shut one's mouth
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