talks in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for talks in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.talk [Am tɔk, Brit tɔːk] VB intr

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2. talk:

talk (speak)
hablar
talk (converse)
hablar
talk (converse)
platicar esp AmC Mex
to talk in English/in a whisper
hablar en inglés/en susurros
she talks very fast/with a French accent
habla muy rápido/con acento francés
we talked on the phone
hablamos por teléfono
we talked on the phone
platicamos por teléfono AmC Mex
everyone stopped talking
todo el mundo se calló
stop talking!
¡silencio!
don't talk with your mouth full!
¡no hables con la boca llena!
he never stops talking
no para de hablar
he never stops talking
habla hasta por los codos inf
they talked and talked
hablaron largo y tendido
you'd think she was a monster the way they talk
oyéndolos a ellos, cualquiera diría que es un monstruo
I wish he were dead! — you shouldn't talk like that!
¡ojalá se muriera! — ¡no digas eso!
to talk about sb/sth
hablar de alguien/algo
we talked about you/the weather
hablamos de ti/del tiempo
he doesn't know what he's talking about
no sabe lo que dice
the year's most talked-about event
el acontecimiento más comentado del año
you ate it all? talk about greedy! inf
¿te lo comiste todo? ¡hay que ser glotón!
for a basic kit you're talking about $900 inf
para un equipo básico hay que pensar en unos 900 dólares
to talk of sth
hablar de algo
she's talking of retiring next year
está hablando de jubilarse el año que viene
talking of food, when's dinner?
hablando de comida or a propósito de comida ¿a qué hora se cena?
the much talked-of project has come to nothing
el proyecto del que tanto se ha hablado ha quedado en agua de borrajas
to talk to sb are you talking to me ?
¿me hablas a mí?
I wasn't talking to you
yo no estaba hablando contigo or no te estaba hablando a ti
who was that you were talking to?
¿con quién hablabas?
don't talk to me about buses!
¡me vas a decir a mí lo que son los autobuses!
aren't you two talking to each other?
¿ustedes no se hablan?
he wanted someone to talk to
necesitaba a alguien con quien hablar
to talk to oneself
hablar solo
I was only talking to myself
estaba hablando solo
he was talking at rather than to us
se estaba escuchando a sí mismo, más que hablando con nosotros
they talked right past each other
hablaron sin entenderse
to talk with sb
hablar con alguien
to talk with sb
platicar con alguien AmC Mex
to get talking
entablar conversación
to get talking
ponerse a hablar
to get talking
ponerse a platicar AmC Mex
how did you get talking to or with him?
¿cómo fue que entablaste conversación or que te pusiste a hablar con él?
she kept him talking while I escaped
ella lo entretuvo hablando mientras yo me escapé
they talked away for hours
estuvieron horas charlando
they talked away for hours
estuvieron horas platicando AmC Mex
they talk in millions of dollars
hablan de millones de dólares
don't talk daft! Brit inf
¡no digas bobadas! inf
to talk dirty or filthy sl
decir vulgaridades
it's easy for you to talk!
¡es fácil decirlo or hablar!
you're just lazy! — you can talk! or you can't talk! or look who's talking! inf
¡es que eres un vago! — ¡mira quién habla!
now you're talking! inf
¡así se habla!
money talks
poderoso caballero es don dinero

II.talk [Am tɔk, Brit tɔːk] VB trans

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III.talk [Am tɔk, Brit tɔːk] N

I.talk around VB [Am tɔk -, Brit tɔːk -], Brit also talk round VB (v + o + adv) (persuade)

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II.talk around VB [Am tɔk -, Brit tɔːk -], Brit also talk round VB (v + prep + o)

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sleep-talk [ˈsliːptɔːk] VB intr

smooth-talk [ˈsmuːðtɔːk] VB trans inf

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I.sweet-talk [ˈswiːttɔːk] VB trans inf

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talk down VB [Am tɔk -, Brit tɔːk -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

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talk through VB [Am tɔk -, Brit tɔːk -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

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talks in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for talks in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.talk down VB trans (speak louder than)

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talks Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

money talks prov
poderoso caballero es don Dinero prov
to be the talk of the town
andar de boca en boca
to be all talk (and no action)
hablar mucho (y no hacer nada)
to hold talks
dar charlas
to talk in a more serious vein
hablar más en serio
to be the talk of the town
ser la comidilla del pueblo
I'll talk about it with your father
lo hablaré con tu padre
to talk about one thing and another
hablar de tal y cual
he/she does nothing but talk nonsense
no se le ocurre más que decir tonterías
he doesn't turn a hair when he talks nonsense
se queda tan ancho cuando dice tonterías
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Apart from a brief period during the disarmament talks of the 1930s, these areas were left blank or incomplete on standard maps.
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The business programme included discussion sessions and satellite events designed to help participants to establish business contacts, hold talks, and share experience with colleagues.
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They can appear when the affected person eats, sees, dreams, thinks about or talks about certain kinds of food which produce strong salivation.
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He consistently talks down to the students and flaunts his authority throughout the film.
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People have seen through her insincerity because she talks like a door-to-door salesman.
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A negotiating team is in secret talks about financing a local mining company to be owned by the Guinean state.
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Details of the legal action emerged within hours of ACAS, the arbitration and conciliation service, inviting both sides to a fresh round of talks.
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There were also talks of reforming electoral law to reduce gerrymandering in constituency boundaries and guarantee greater proportionality.
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Moon mostly talks (or sings) his lines in a cartoonish voice with an exaggerated Cockney accent; however the bridge and the last line are sung in his natural voice.
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During subsequent decades, several rounds of bilateral talks considered joint-development of sub-seabed resources in disputed territorial waters.
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