speech

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la habla

∗ noun

speech
[spiːtʃ]
sustantivo
1habla (f) (faculty)
  • speech defect or impediment -> defecto (m) del habla or de dicción
  • speech therapist -> logopeda (sustantivo masculino)
  • speech therapy -> logopedia (f)
2habla (f) lenguaje (m) (language)
3discurso (m) (of politician, at conference); parlamento (m) (Theat)
  • to give or make a speech -> dar or pronunciar un discurso
  • speech day (escuela) -> ceremonia (f) de fin de curso (británico)
4(gramática)
  • part of speech -> categoría (f) gramatical
  • direct/indirect speech -> estilo (m) directo/indirecto

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speech [spich]
sustantivo
1Habla, lenguaje, palabra o facultad de hablar.
2Habla, conversación; el acto de hablar; dicho, expresión hecha por palabra
sustantivo
  • To lose one’s speech -> perder el habla
3Discurso; oración, arenga.
4Idioma o lengua particular, dialecto (language).
  • Make a speech -> dar un discurso
  • Without further speech -> sin decir más
(Fig.) Cualquier modo de expresar el pensamiento por sonidos o señales.

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speech [spiːtʃ]
noun
1 (faculty) habla; (f)
act of speaking
 (words) palabras; (f) (language) lenguaje; (m) (manner of speaking) lenguaje; (m) forma de hablar; (f)
to lose the power of speech perder el habla; to recover one's speech recobrar el habla; recobrar la palabra; his speech was slurred arrastraba las palabras; farfullaba al hablar
his speech was garbled and confused
he expresses himself better in speech than in writing se expresa mejor hablando de palabra que por escrito;or
better in speech than in writing
children's speech el lenguaje de los niños; freedom of speech libertad de expresión; (f) to be slow of speech hablar lentamente; ser torpe de palabra
without further speech
2 (address) discurso; (m)
She recited a speech from `As You Like It". He gave a very amusing speech at her wedding
to make a speech pronunciar un discurso; speech, speech! ¡que hable! ¡que hable!
3 (Britain) (Gram)
direct/indirect speech estilo directo/indirecto; (m)
part
modifier
speech act (n) acto de habla; (m)
speech analysis (n) análisis de la voz; (m)
speech command (n) comando vocal; (m)
speech community (n) comunidad lingüística; (f)
speech day (n) (Britain) reparto de premios; (m)
speech defect speech impediment (n) defecto del habla; (m)
speech organ (n) órgano del habla; (m)
speech recognition (n) (Comput) reconocimiento de voz; (m)
These interfaces will use pointing devices such as mice, alongside handwriting and speech recognition ...speech recognition software/systems/technology
speech synthesizer (n) sintetizador de la voz humana; (m)
speech therapist (n) logopeda; (m)
speech therapy (n) terapia de la palabra; (f)
speech training (n) lecciones de elocución; (f)
speech writer (n) escritoraescritora de discursos;a escritora (m) (f) redactoraredactora de discursos;a redactora (m) (f)

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