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ele calou

went quiet, fell silent

→ calar
cal to be quiet, to shut up + ou 3rd-person singular past
verb · third singular · past indicative Rare #26,958
went quiet, fell silent Simple past (pretérito perfeito) of "calar"; often implies someone stopped talking (sometimes because they were told to).
PO: Quando ela entrou na sala, ele calou.
EN: When she entered the room, he went quiet.
Conjugation of calar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third calou —

O lugar inteiro se calou.

The whole place fell silent.

Porque se calou?

Why did he remain silent?

— Vá e Veja (1985)

Ela se calou.

She fell silent.

Ele calou a boca por um momento.

He was silent for a moment.

Bem, pelo menos os calou.

Well, at least it shut them up.

— Em Campo Minado (2014)

Fadil se calou.

Fadil fell silent.

Porque calou?

Why did he stay silent?

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

A cidade se calou.

The city fell silent.

— O Senhor dos Anéis: O Retorno do Rei (2003)

A sala toda calou-se.

The whole room fell silent.

Quando ele falou, todo mundo se calou.

When he spoke, everyone fell silent.