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speaking

Main Entry:: speak
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: spoke, spoken, speaking
Language:: English

intransitive verb

1 talk : hablar <to speak to someone : hablar con alguien> <who's speaking? : ¿de parte de quien?> <so to speak : por así decirlo> 2 to speak out : hablar claramente 3 to speak out against : denunciar 4 to speak up : hablar en voz alta 5 to speak up for : defender

transitive verb

1 say : decir <she spoke her mind : habló con franqueza> 2 : hablar (un idioma)

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