speak

Inglés

speak
Received Pronunciation (AFI)	/spiːk/ Londresⓘ "to speak", Londresⓘ
General American (AFI)	/spik/ ⓘ
Australia (AFI)	/spiːk/ [spɪi̯k]

Etimología

Del inglés medio speken, y este del antiguo specan, síncopa de sprecan, del protogermánico *sprekaną, del protoindoeuropeo *(s)preg-. Compárese el frisón sprekke, el neerlandés spreken, el afrikaans spreek, el alemán sprechen o el sueco språka, este último tomado del bajo sajón; no hay registro de cognados nativos en gótico o nórdico antiguo.

Verbo intransitivo

1

Hablar.

• Ejemplo: 

  But God had come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, “Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.”→ Pero aquella noche vino Dios en sueños a Labán, el arameo, y le dijo: «Cuídate de no hablarle a Jacob descomedidamente.»Bible Genesis 31:24. Versión: New King James.
  Traducción: Biblia Genesis 31:24. Versión: Reina-Valera 1995.

2

Decir.

3

Conversar.

Verbo transitivo

4

Hablar un idioma.

• Ejemplo: 

  And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues→ Estas señales seguirán a los que creen: En mi nombre echarán fuera demonios, hablarán nuevas lenguasBible Mark 16:17. Versión: New King James.
  Traducción: Biblia Mark 16:17. Versión: Reina-Valera 1995.

5

Enunciar, pronunciar, articular palabra.

6

Por extensión, indicar, comunicar.

7

Recitar.

Sustantivo

speak (contable e incontable) ¦ plural: speaks

8

Jerga.

Información adicional

• Derivados: speak-a-word room, speak-back, speak-box, speak-out, speak-room, speak-truth, speak-your-weight machine

Locuciones

Locuciones con «speak» [▲▼]

• speak a good word for
• speak against
• speak down
• speak fair
• speak for
• speak for itself
• speak for oneself
• speak for yourself
• speak forth
• speak highly of
• speak ill of
• speak in tongues
• speak not a word of
• speak of
• speak of the devil
• speak on
• speak one's mind
• speak out
• speak out in meeting
• speak over
• speak past
• speak to
• speak together
• speak unto
• speak up
• speak upon
• speak volumes
• speak with
• speaking
• spoken for
• actions speak louder than words
• as they speak
• not to be spoken of
• nothing to speak of
• on speaking terms
• so to speak

Conjugación

Conjugación de speak (spoke, spoken)  (irregular) [▲▼]

Formas no personales (verboides)
Infinitivo	speak
Gerundio	speaking
Participio	spoken
Formas personales
Modo indicativo
	I	you (thou)	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I speak	you speak, speakest†	he, she, it speaks, speaketh†	we, you, they speak
Pretérito	I spoke, spake†	you spoke, spake†	he, she, it spoke, spake†	we, you, they spoke, spake†
Pretérito compuesto	I have spoken	you have spoken	he, she, it has spoken	we, you, they have spoken
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto	I had spoken	you had spoken	he, she, it had spoken	we, you, they had spoken
Futuro	I will speak	you will speak	he, she, it will speak	we, you, they will speak
Futuro compuesto	I will have spoken	you will have spoken	he, she, it will have spoken	we, you, they will have spoken
Modo condicional
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Condicional simple	I would speak	you would speak	he, she, it would speak	we, you, they would speak
Condicional compuesto	I would have spoken	you would have spoken	he, she, it would have spoken	we, you, they would have spoken
Modo subjuntivo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I speak	you speak	he, she, it speak	we, you, they speak
Pretérito	I spoke, spake†	you spoke, spake†	he, she, it spoke, spake†	we, you, they spoke, spake†
Modo imperativo
	―	(you)	―	(we)
Presente	― ―	(you) speak	― ―	(we) let's speak
Leyenda: † arcaico, x no normativo, ■ cambio ortográfico, ■ irregularidad