speech
/spiːtʃ/Translation
n [c]
›
⇨ discurso
to deliver a speech pronunciar un discurso
a long speech un discurso largo
› (en el teatro)
⇨ parlamento
⇨ monólogo
■ El plural es speechesn [u]
Véase tb: figure of speech; free speech; keynote speech; part of speech; reported speech›
⇨ habla
His illness has affected his speech La enfermedad le ha afectado al habla
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⇨ lenguaje
direct speech
⇨ estilo directo
{free/freedom of} speech
⇨ libertad de expresión
indirect speech
⇨ estilo indirecto
(UK tb reported speech) speech bubble (en un cómic, en una viñeta)
⇨ bocadillo
⇨ globo
(Definition of speech nn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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