Es un secreto a voces

Question

In the following sentence" Es un secreto a voces que nadie se atreve a decir a público pero que todos comentamos en privado" the word **voces"is what grammatically?

Answer 1

voz - voces

Voice - voices

Answer 2

Voz (singular)-->Voces (plural)

Since voz means voice, voces means voices.

There is a rule in Spanish, z-->c in pluran nouns that end in z.

Pez--> Peces is another example.

Thanks Brady.I probably had a mental block not to recognize "voces".I guess it happens. - faliron, May 14, 2012

No problem! And trust me, it happens to me all the time! :-) - BradyLabuda, May 14, 2012