discurso

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speech

∗ noun

discurso
masculine noun
1 speech (exposición oral)
  • dar o pronunciar un discurso (sobre) -> to give o deliver a speech (on)
  • discurso de agradecimiento -> speech of thanks
  • discurso de clausura -> closing speech
2 lecture (Pey) (sermón)
  • me soltó uno de sus discursos -> she gave me one of her lectures
3 discourse, ideology (ideario)
4 (transcurso)
  • el discurso del tiempo -> the passage of time
  • con el discurso de los años -> with the passing years
5 discourse (linguistics)

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discurso [dis-coor’-so]
noun
1 Discourse. (m)
2 Ratiocination, reasoning. (m)
3 Discourse, conversation, speech. (m)
  • Discurso de clausura -> closing speech
  • Pronunciar un discurso -> to make a speech
4 Discourse, dissertation, treatise, tract. (m)
5 Space of time. (m)
  • En el discurso del tiempo -> with the passage of time
6 Ramble. (m)

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discurso
sustantivo:masculino
1 (alocución) speech
pronunciar un discurso to make a speech; give a speech; otra vez me soltó el mismo discursito de siempre he gave me the same old lecture as always
discurso de clausura closing speech
2 (forma de hablar) rhetoric
su discurso nacionalista his nationalist rhetoric
3 (habla) speech; faculty of speech
análisis del discurso discourse analysis
4 [del tiempo]
en el discurso del tiempo with the passage of time; en el discurso de cuatro generaciones in the space of four generations

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