Cale-se você.
You hush.
Language note: 'Cale-se' is an imperative form, often used to ask someone to be quiet.
Culture note: This phrase is a firm, yet less polite, way of telling someone to be quiet.
Context: The same person who demanded silence responds to being told to hush themselves.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
Cale-se
[KAH-lee-seh]
Be quiet
Instruction to refrain from speaking.
Quando começou a reunião, ele disse: 'Cale-se você'.
When the meeting started, he said: 'Be quiet'.
você
[voh-SEH]
you
Refers to the person being addressed.
Por favor, cale-se você.
Please, you be quiet.
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