monosyllable in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for monosyllable in the English»Spanish Dictionary

monosyllable [Am ˈmɑnəˌsɪləb(ə)l, Brit ˈmɒnə(ʊ)sɪləb(ə)l] N

monosyllable

monosílabo m

he answered in monosyllables

contestó con monosílabos

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monosyllable in the PONS Dictionary

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Since boo is a monosyllable, it can also be said very quickly, which may add to its scariness.

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There's such glee in it, too, and such bravado in the staccato pummelling of those weighty monosyllables.

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This historic happening only evoked those three humdrum monosyllables.

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The tendency to monosyllables is quite worrying, as is the use of signs instead of sentences with subjects and predicates.

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As the camera faces his back and the tailor does the measurements, he responds to the tailor's polite questions in monosyllables.

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Reports noted he stood in the one spot, he struggled to comprehend questions and those he answered were in monosyllables.

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She speaks in monosyllables and is so bored and laidback to be almost horizontal.

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We revere the man with no name who looks up from the card table and deals the occasional monosyllable.

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The profane words are but a speck in a sea of monosyllables.

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Sometimes she would only speak in grunts or monosyllables.

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