transitive verb preterite spoke, past participle spoken archaic forms preterite spake in general parlar , dir , expressar , pronunciar to speak the truth dir la veritat he only spoke a few words va pronunciar / articular només poques paraules he speaks the sentiments of us all ell expressa els sentiments de tots nosaltres to speak one's mind dir el que hom pensa not to speak a word no dir ni un mot language parlar do you speak English parles anglès «French spoken» «es parla francès» archaic demostrar , provar , indicar his conduct speaks him generous la seva conducta demostra…
noun general sense parlant , parlador , parlaire of language parlant in dialogue interlocutor in public orador in the House of Commons speaker lecturer conferenciant Parliament president loudspeaker altaveu after-dinner speaker orador de sobretaula as the last speaker said tal com ha dit el que acaba de parlar he's a good speaker és un bon orador , parla bé are you a Welsh speaker parla gallès Catalan has several million speakers hi ha alguns milions de catalanoparlants to be a fluent speaker tenir la paraula fàcil
adjective parlant lifelike expressiu , vívid , eloqüent to be within speaking distance estar prou a la vora com per poder parlar , estar a l'abast de la veu