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calar

“calar” is an Occitan word. Its meaning in English:

verb

  1. to shut up (prevent from speaking)

In Occitan

  1. Arrestar de parlar.
  2. baissar las velas.
  3. getar los filats dins la mar.
  4. Aturar bruscament un motor.
  5. Anar o menar quaucarren cap aval.
  6. S'abstenir de parlar.
  7. Se calmar, daissar de far.
  8. Se calmar, en parlar de la mar, dels vents.
  9. S'afonsar

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *calāre or *callāre, from Latin chalāre, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

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