speak
/spik/ verbo A1En español: hablar, fablar, fabular, charlar
- To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud. · I was so surprised I couldn't speak.· You're speaking too fast.
- To have a conversation. · It's been ages since we've spoken.
- To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions. · He spoke of it in his diary.· Speak to me only with your eyes.
- To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech. · This evening I shall speak on the topic of correct English usage.
- To be able to communicate in a language. · He speaks Mandarin fluently.
- To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.
- To utter. · I was so surprised that I couldn't speak a word.
- To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
Plural speak · He/she/it speaks · Pasado spoke · Participio pasado spoken · Forma en -ing speaking
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- speak
- He/she/it
- speaks
- Pasado
- spoke
- Participio pasado
- spoken
- Forma en -ing
- speaking
Un verbo irregular: apréndete de memoria su pasado y su participio pasado.
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
He was gray also, from his long beard to his rough boots, and he looked stern and solemn, and rarely spoke.
“Of what packet are you speaking, Danglars?”
“He did not speak to me of it,” replied the shipowner; “but if there be any letter he will give it to me.”
“He spoke of it as a thing already decided.”
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