How to Say ‘Shut the hell up’ in Mexican Spanish
Cállate el hocico
KAH-yah-teh el oh-SEE-koh
[KAH-yah-teh el oh-SEE-koh]
💬 Usage Tip: hocico means an animal's snout. Calling someone's mouth a snout is where the insult comes from.
Phrase Breakdown
Cállate
[KAH-yah-teh]
shut up
Informal command of 'callarse' (to be quiet); rude when shouted.
Cállate, por favor, estoy hablando.
Shut up, please, I'm talking.
el
[el]
the
Masculine singular definite article.
«El» acompaña al sustantivo en «El crecimiento».
“El” accompanies the noun in “The growth.”
hocico
[oh-SEE-koh]
snout, trap (mouth)
An animal's snout; used insultingly for a person's mouth.
El perro metió el hocico en la bolsa.
The dog stuck its snout in the bag.
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