speech

el discurso

el habla

speech(spich)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

1. (oral address)

a. el discurso

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The speaker gave a moving speech at the graduation ceremony.El orador dio un discurso conmovedor en la ceremonia de graduación.

2. (ability to speak)

a. el habla

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Many people say that speech is exclusive to human beings.Mucha gente dice que el habla es propia del ser humano.

3. (spoken communication)

a. el habla

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

The word "antediluvian" is not used much in everyday speech.No se usa mucho la palabra "antediluviano" en el habla cotidiana.

speech

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (faculty)

a. la habla

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

speech defect or impedimentdefecto del habla or de dicción

speech therapistlogopeda mf

speech therapylogopedia f

2. (language)

a. el habla f, lenguaje

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

3. (of politician, at conference)

a. el discurso

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

4. (theater)

a. el parlamento

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

to give or make a speechdar or pronunciar un discurso

5. (school) (United Kingdom)

a.

speech dayceremonia de fin de curso

6. (grammar)

a.

part of speechcategoría gramatical

direct/indirect speechestilo directo/indirecto

speech [spiːtʃ]

noun

1 (faculty) habla (f)

act of speaking

(words) palabras (f); (language) lenguaje (m); (manner of speaking) lenguaje (m); forma (f) de hablar

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 or de palabra que por escrito

better in speech than in writing

children's speech el lenguaje de los niños; freedom of speech libertad (f) de expresión; 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 (m) directo/indirecto

part

modifier

speech act (n) acto (m) de habla

speech analysis (n) análisis (m) de la voz

speech command (n) comando (m) vocal

speech community (n) comunidad (f) lingüística

speech day (n) (Britain) reparto (m) de premios

speech defect speech impediment (n) defecto (m) del habla

speech organ (n) órgano (m) del habla

speech recognition (n) (Comput) reconocimiento (m) de voz

These interfaces will use pointing devices such as mice, alongside handwriting and speech recognition ...speech recognition software/systems/technology

speech synthesizer (n) sintetizador (m) de la voz humana

speech therapist (n) logopeda (m)

speech therapy (n) terapia (f) de la palabra

speech training (n) lecciones (f) de elocución

speech writer (n) escritoraescritora (m) (f) de discursos;a escritora redactoraredactora (m) (f) de discursos;a redactora