glottal stop in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for glottal stop in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Translations for glottal stop in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Translations for glottal stop in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.stop [Am stɑp, Brit stɒp] N

1. stop (halt):

to work without a stop
trabajar sin parar
to work without a stop
trabajar sin hacer una pausa or un alto
work progressed in stops and starts
el trabajo avanzaba a trompicones or a tropezones
work was at a stop for months
el trabajo estuvo interrumpido or paralizado durante meses
to bring sth to a stop
detener or parar algo
to bring sth to a stop conversation/proceedings
poner fin a or interrumpir algo
the accident brought the traffic to a complete stop
el accidente paralizó el tráfico
to come to a stop vehicle/aircraft:
detenerse
to come to a stop production/conversation:
interrumpirse
to put a stop to sth
poner fin a algo
to put a stop to sth
acabar con algo
to put a stop on a check
dar orden de no pagar un cheque

II.stop <pres part stopping; pt, pp stopped> [Am stɑp, Brit stɒp] VB trans

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3. stop (prevent):

I'm going, and you can't stop me
me voy y no puedes detenerme or impedírmelo
who's/what's stopping you?
¿quién/qué te lo impide?
there's no stopping us now
nadie nos puede parar ahora
I had to tell him, I couldn't stop myself
tuve que decírselo, no pude contenerme
to stop sb (from) -ing esp Brit
impedirle a algn +  infin
to stop sb (from) -ing esp Brit
impedir que algn +  subj
the bad weather stopped us (from) going out
el mal tiempo nos impidió salir
try to stop her (from) coming
trata de impedir or de evitar que venga
we had to lock him up to stop him (from) escaping
lo tuvimos que encerrar para impedir que se escapara
to stop sth -ing
impedir que algo +  subj
to stop sth happening
impedir que ocurra algo
we're trying to stop the airport being built here
estamos tratando de impedir que construyan el aeropuerto aquí

III.stop <pres part stopping; pt, pp stopped> [Am stɑp, Brit stɒp] VB intr

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See also full stop

glottal stop in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for glottal stop in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Translations for glottal stop in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.stop [stɒp, Am stɑ:p] - ping, -ped - ping, -ped N

II.stop [stɒp, Am stɑ:p] - ping, -ped - ping, -ped VB trans

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III.stop [stɒp, Am stɑ:p] - ping, -ped - ping, -ped VB intr

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
There are no contrasts between the presence of an initial glottal stop and its absence.
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In particular, all consonants except the voiced stops and the glottal stop geminate when following a short vowel.
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As we can see in the table, the glottal stop can be written with either a raised dot or an apostrophe.
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This avoids the glottal stop (momentary silent pause) that would otherwise be required between "a" and a following vowel sound.
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The sokuon also sometimes appears at the end of utterances, where it denotes a glottal stop.
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Depending on the surrounding vowels, the glottal stop was either deleted entirely, converted to or, or deleted after lengthening a preceding short vowel.
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The presence of the glottal stop marks the absence of a phonetically fuller consonant.
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There is no glottal stop in the name and it is not a tonal language.
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They are considered unitary consonants, and not sequences of glottal stop plus nasal click.
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The glottal stop is written as either an apostrophe or as a superscript question mark.
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