Imperative (imperativo)
| tú | cálatela |
| nosotros | calémonosla |
| vosotros | caláosla |
to be lucky; to strike it lucky; to gain benefits or money
A lexicalized reflexive phrase (calarse + la, referring to an implied hardship) meaning to put up with something, take the blame, or grit your teeth through an unpleasant situation without complaint. Colloquial, heard especially in Mexico, Peru, and other Latin American countries.
The clitic la doesn't refer to any specific noun in the sentence — it's a fixed part of the idiom, not a real direct object a learner needs to trace back to something mentioned earlier, unlike calar's ordinary transitive uses.
Often confused with aguantar.
| tú | cálatela |
| nosotros | calémonosla |
| vosotros | caláosla |
| calándosela |
| calársela |
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"calársela" means "to be lucky; to strike it lucky; to gain benefits or money".
The imperative (imperativo) of "calársela" is: tú cálatela, nosotros calémonosla, vosotros caláosla.