speak in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.speak <pt spoke or arch spake, pp spoken> [Am spik, Brit spiːk] VB intr

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1.1. speak (say sth):

speak
hablar
sorry, did you speak?
perdón ¿dijiste algo? or ¿me hablaste?
to speak to or esp Am with sb
hablar con alguien
to speak to or esp Am with sb
hablarle a alguien
could I speak to or with you for a moment?
¿puedo hablar contigo un momento?
could I speak to or with you for a moment?
¿puedo hablarte un momento?
wake up Mark, speak to me!
¡Mark despierta, di algo!
he doesn't speak to me
no me habla
he doesn't speak to me
no me dirige la palabra
they are not speaking (to each other)
no se hablan
they are not speaking (to each other)
no se dirigen la palabra
I don't know her to speak to
solo la conozco de vista
I'll have to speak to her about her behavior
tendré que hablar con ella acerca de su comportamiento
I'll have to speak to her about her behavior
tendré que llamarle la atención sobre su comportamiento
I've often heard her speak about it
a menudo la he oído hablar de eso
to speak of sth/sb/-ing
hablar de algo/alguien/ +infin
people still speak of him with enormous respect
aún hoy la gente habla de él con mucho respeto
you spoke once of making way for someone younger
una vez mencionaste la idea or hablaste de dejarle el camino libre a alguien más joven
you never spoke of this to anyone?
¿nunca hablaste de esto con nadie?
you never spoke of this to anyone?
¿nunca le mencionaste esto a nadie?
his face spoke of terrible suffering
su rostro tenía la huella de enormes sufrimientos
the meeting is on Friday, speaking of which …
la reunión es el viernes, y a propósito …
they don't have much money to speak of
no tienen mucho dinero, que digamos
to speak well/ill of sb
hablar bien/mal de alguien
speaking personally, I think …
personalmente, creo que …
speaking as a parent/teacher, I think …
como padre/maestro, creo que …
speaking as a parent/teacher, I think …
en mi calidad de padre/maestro, creo que …
roughly/generally speaking
en términos generales
he's not, strictly speaking, a member
no es, en realidad, socio
he's not, strictly speaking, a member
no es un socio en el sentido estricto de la palabra
legally/morally speaking
desde el punto de vista legal/moral
so to speak
por así decirlo

II.speak <pt spoke or arch spake, pp spoken> [Am spik, Brit spiːk] VB trans

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-speak [Am spik, Brit spiːk] SUFFIX hum

I.speak for VB [Am spik -, Brit spiːk -] (v + prep + o)

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speak up VB [Am spik -, Brit spiːk -] (v + adv)

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speak out VB [Am spik -, Brit spiːk -] (v + adv)

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articulately speak
elocuentemente
articulately speak
con elocuencia
articulately speak
con fluidez
self-consciously behave/speak
con timidez
self-consciously behave/speak
de manera afectada
inarticulately speak
con dificultad para expresarse
inarticulately speak
sin fluidez
volubly speak
con locuacidad
hesitatingly speak
con titubeos

speak in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for speak in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

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I.speak [spi:k] VB intr spoke, spoken

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to speak fluent English
hablar inglés con soltura
appealingly speak
con tono suplicante

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speak Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to speak in a singsong voice
hablar cantando
to speak on the radio/the phone
hablar en la radio/por teléfono
to speak in a loud/low voice
hablar en voz alta/baja
to speak for over an hour
hablar durante una hora
to speak dialect/a foreign language
hablar dialecto/un idioma extranjero
(not) to know sb to speak to
(no) conocer a alguien como para entablar una conversación
to speak English like a native
hablar el inglés como un nativo
speak now or forever hold your peace
que hable ahora o que calle para siempre
I'll try to speak to him/her
veré de hablarle
I haven't managed to speak to him
no he podido hablar con él
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He said he would have preferred more private arrangements that would have given him the opportunity to speak privately with his father.
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I don't believe that narrative works when it's trying to teach a lesson, or speak a factual truth.
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She was unable to speak, read or write and her memory had gone.
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The gerund of verb "fari", to speak, is commonly used to form derivate or inflected forms of "fas".
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The birds remain in their cage, and remain mostly unflappable, so to speak, throughout the sporadic blitzkriegs of their feathered kin.
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The prospect of adding the Aquitaine to his son's domains made him so elated that he could hardly speak.
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It's all history now, and the world's gone topsy-turvy, so why not speak the truth here in our cell?
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The lyrics speak with regret and yearning for the bird who came, stayed for a while, but eventually flew off on her own.
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Totalitarianism, militarism, and expansionism were to become the rule, with fewer voices able to speak against it.
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The relationships were so tendentious that the judges could hardly bear to speak to each other, and the agendas so at odds that there seemed to be little point anyway.
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