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ele calou

fell silent, went quiet, silenced

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cal be quiet, shut up + ou 3rd-person singular past tense
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #26,007
fell silent, went quiet Often used with se.
PO: A sala se calou quando a professora entrou.
EN: The room fell silent when the teacher came in.
silenced Used with a person or group as the object.
PO: Ela calou os críticos com sua resposta.
EN: She silenced the critics with her answer.
Conjugation of calar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third calou —

Por que se calou?

Why did you go quiet?

— Vá e Veja (1985)

O lugar inteiro se calou.

The whole place fell silent.

Quando ele falou, todo mundo se calou.

When he spoke, everyone fell silent.

Ele calou a boca por um momento.

He was silent for a moment.

A cidade se calou.

The city fell silent.

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

Por que calou?

Why did you go quiet?

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

Isso os calou.

That silenced them.

Ela se calou.

She fell silent.

Bem, pelo menos os calou.

Well, at least it shut them up.

— Em Campo Minado (2014)

Fadil se calou.

Fadil fell silent.

Aquilo certamente calou a sala.

That certainly left the room silent.