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speak

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
speak
1. Verb:
2. [1] mit der Stimme kommunizieren, Wörter laut sagen
3. [2] eine Unterhaltung führen
[1] Could you speak more slowly, please?
Könnten Sie bitte etwas langsamer sprechen?
[2] We spoke about the new book.
Wir unterhielten uns über das neue Buch.
Englisch > Englisch
speak
1. v. (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
I was so surprised I couldn't speak.
You're speaking too fast.
2. v. (intransitive) To have a conversation.
It's been ages since we've spoken.
3. v. (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
He spoke of it in his diary.
Speak to me only with your eyes.
Actions speak louder than words.
4. v. (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
This evening I shall speak on the topic of correct English usage.
5. v. To be able to communicate in a language.
He speaks Mandarin fluently.
6. v. To utter.
I was so surprised that I couldn't speak a word.
7. v. To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
8. v. (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
Sorry, I don't speak idiot.
So you can program in C. But do you speak C++?
9. v. (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
10. v. (transitive, archaic) To address; to accost; to speak to.
11. subst. language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group.
Corporate speak; IT speak.
12. subst. Speach, conversation.
13. subst. (dated) a low class bar, a speakeasy.

Beispielsätze

Don't speak with your mouth full.      Redet nicht mit vollem Mund. I'm sure you're aware that you'll be the only one there who can't speak French.      Du bist dir sicher im Klaren, dass du der Einzige dort sein wirst, der kein Französisch spricht. She can hardly speak.      Sie kann kaum sprechen. He was taught English by teachers who couldn't really speak the language.      Ihm wurde Englisch von Lehrern beigebracht, welche die Sprache selbst nicht nicht richtig sprechen konnten. Language reflects the history, customs, and soul of the people that speak it.      Die Sprache widerspiegelt die Geschichte, die Bräuche und die Seele der Menschen, die sie sprechen.

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