speak

Pronúncia: spiːk
    transitive verb [preterite spoke, past participle spoken; archaic forms: preterite spake]
  1. [in general] parlar, dir, expressar, pronunciar.
  2. to speak the truth dir la veritat.
  3. he only spoke a few words va (pronunciar / articular) només poques paraules.
  4. he speaks the sentiments of us all ell expressa els sentiments de tots nosaltres.
  5. to speak one's mind dir el que hom pensa.
  6. not to speak a word no dir ni un mot.

  7. [language] parlar.
  8. do you speak English? parles anglès?
  9. «French spoken» «es parla francès».

  10. archaic demostrar, provar, indicar.
  11. his conduct speaks him generous la seva conducta demostra la seva generositat.
    12. intransitive verb
  12. [general sense] parlar, dir.
  13. without speaking sense parlar, sense dir res.
  14. since they quarrelled they don't speak no es parlen d'ençà que es van barallar.
  15. to speak to someone parlar amb algú.
  16. I will speak to him about it j li'n parlaré.
  17. to speak rudely to someone parlar rudement a algú.
  18. I know him to speak to el conec prou com per parlar-li.
  19. roughly speaking parlant en general.
  20. (idem) aproximadament.
  21. so to speak per dir-ho d'alguna manera.

  22. to speak for someone parlar per algú, intervenir per algú, parlar en nom d'algú.
  23. he speaks for the miners parla pels miners, representa els miners.
  24. speaking for myself per la meva banda, quant a mi.
  25. speak for yourself parla per tu.
  26. the facts speak for themselves els fets parlen per (ells mateixos / si sols).
  27. that speaks well for him això diu a favor seu.
  28. that speaks well for your courage això diu molt a favor del seu coratge.
  29. that is already spoken for això ja està reservat.

  30. [of gun, instrument, etc.] sonar, sentir-se.
  31. [of dog] bordar, lladrar.
  32. the gun spoke es va sentir un tret.

  33. [give an speech, etc.] parlar, pronunciar.
  34. intevenir.
  35. adreçar-se a.
  36. are you speaking in the debate? interveniu en el debat?
  37. it's years since he spoke fa anys que no pronuncia cap discurs.
  38. the member rose to speak el diputat va alçar-se per fer ús de la paraula.
  39. he asked Mr. X to speak va concedir la paraula al senyor X.

    40. Telephone
  40. speaking! el mateix!, jo mateix!
  41. John speaking! soc en Joan!
  42. who's speaking? amb qui parlo?, de part de qui?

    43. [with adverb or preposition]
  43. to speak of parlar de.
  44. speaking of that... a propòsit d'això, respecte a això....
  45. it's nothing to speak of no és res, no té cap importància.
  46. everything speaks of hatred tot denota odi.
  47. everything speaks of luxury tot indica el luxe.
  48. to speak well of someone parlar bé d'algú, deixar bé algú.
  49. to speak on parlar de, dissertar sobre.
  50. to speak (out / against) parlar sense embuts, denunciar públicament, parlar.
  51. speak out! crida més!, (parla) més alt!
  52. it's time to speak out ja és hora de parlar clar.
  53. to speak to parlar a, adreçar-se a.
  54. (idem) advertir, cridar l'atenció a.
  55. to speak to the point parlar encertadament, no sortir del tema.
  56. you must speak to the children: they never listen to a word I say has de parlar als nens: no en fan ni cas, del que dic jo.
  57. to speak up parlar en veu alta.
  58. speak up! crida més!, alça la veu!, parla fort!
  59. to speak up for someone parlar a favor d'algú.