calarca.lar [kal′ar]vtd+vint+vpr1 to hold one’s tongue, not to answer, stop talking:
cale a boca! / hold your tongue!, shut up!
2 to conceal, hide.
3 to impose silence.
4 calar-se a) to say nothing. b) to be quiet.
Expressõescalar sua mágoa to conceal one’s grief.
quem cala consente silence gives consent.