speak

spi:k

past tense - spoke; verb

1) (to say (words) or talk: He can't speak; He spoke a few words to us.) snakke, si, tale

2) ((often with to or (American) with) to talk or converse: Can I speak to/with you for a moment?; We spoke for hours about it.) snakke, konversere, skravle

3) (to (be able to) talk in (a language): She speaks Russian.) snakke

4) (to tell or make known (one's thoughts, the truth etc): I always speak my mind.) si

5) (to make a speech, address an audience: The Prime Minister spoke on unemployment.) tale, holde tale

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- speaker

- speaking
- spoken
- -spoken
- generally speaking
- speak for itself/themselves
- speak out
- speak up
- to speak of

snakke

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tale

verb (spoke - spoken , gammeldags: spake) \/spiːk\/

1) snakke

• he was speaking about politics

han snakket om politikk

• how many languages do you speak?

• do you speak English?

• speaking for myself, I don't think so

for min del tror jeg ikke det

• he spoke of a restaurant he had once been to

han snakket om\/nevnte en restaurant han hadde vært på en gang

2) si, ytre, uttale

• actions speak louder than words

gjerninger sier mer enn ord

• the last words has not been spoken concerning this case

siste ord er ikke sagt i denne saken

3) uttrykke, røpe

• her smile speaks devotion

smilet hennes røper fromhet

• his style speaks the amateur

stilen hans viser at han er en amatør

4) tale, holde tale

• speak in public on something

uttale seg offentlig om noe

• speak on a question

tale om et emne

5) (sjøfart) anrope, praie, utveksle meldinger med, stå i forbindelse med

6) (om hund) gjø, halse

7) (poetisk) forkynne, melde

• the trumpets spoke his presence

trompetene meldte hans tilstedeværelse

8) (gammeldags) vitne om

• his conduct speaks him generous

hans oppførsel vitner om generøsitet

be spoken for (amer.) være reservert, være opptatt

it speaks for itself saken taler for seg selv

nothing to speak of ikke noe å snakke om, ikke noe nevneverdig

not to speak of for ikke å snakke om, for ikke å nevne

relatively speaking relativt sett

seriously speaking alvorlig talt

so to speak så å si, for å si det sånn

speak aside komme med en lavmælt bemerkning, tale dempet

speak for snakke for, være talsmann for, snakke på vegne av

speak for yourself! snakk for deg selv!

speak ill of se ➢ ill, 3

speaking! (i telefon) (ja) det er jeg (som snakker!)

speaking of apropos, forresten

speak of snakke om, vitne om

speak out snakke ut, synge ut, si sin mening rett ut snakke høyere

speak out against ta til motmæle mot

speak somebody fair (gammeldags) snakke pent til noen, snakke pent om noen

speak to tiltale, snakke til, snakke med snakke alvor med, snakke til rette

• you had better speak to the boy

vitne om, bevitne

snakke om, behandle

• I'll speak to that point later on

speak up snakke høyere snakke ut

speak up! ut med det!

speak up for heve stemmen sin til forsvar for, ta i forsvar

speak well for være et godt tegn på, love godt for

strictly speaking strengt tatt, egentlig