| Traduções principais |
| speech n | uncountable (oral communication) | palavra sf |
| | Free speech is a necessity in a democracy. |
| | A liberdade de palavra é uma necessidade numa democracia. |
| speech n | uncountable (pronunciation) (pronúncia) | fala sf |
| | People tend to have slurred speech after a few beers. |
| | As pessoas tendem a ter a fala enrolada depois de algumas cervejas. |
| speech n | uncountable (way of speaking) | fala sf |
| | | discurso sm |
| | Most young people's speech is full of slang. |
| | A maior parte da fala dos jovens é cheia de gírias. |
| speech n | uncountable (faculty of speaking) | fala sf |
| | Speech is one of the things that separates humans and animals. |
| | A fala é uma das coisas que separa os humanos e os animais. |
| speech n | (declaration, address) | discurso sm |
| | The vice president's speech was politely applauded. |
| | O discurso do vice-presidente foi aplaudido educadamente. |
| speech n | (acting: actor's lines) | fala sf |
| | The actor forgot his speech and had to be prompted. |
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| acceptance speech n | (speech on accepting [sth]) (governo, cargo) | discurso de posse loc sm |
| | (premiação) | discurso de agradecimento loc sm |
| | | discurso de aceitação loc sm |
| | Have you got an acceptance speech prepared just in case you win the Oscar? |
| connected speech n | (sounds of fluent language) | discurso articulado loc sm |
| direct speech n | (actual words spoken) | discurso direto loc sm |
| elevator speech n | (business: pitch) (negócios) | breve apresentação loc sf |
| | (estrangeirismo) | elevator speech, elevator pitch loc sm |
| figure of speech n | (idiom) | figura de retórica |
| | Should I interpret that literally or is it only a figure of speech? |
| free speech n | (speech unrestrained by censorship) | discurso livre loc sm |
| | Seventy percent of Americans agreed that people should have the right to free speech. |
| freedom of speech n | (right to express oneself freely) | liberdade de expressão loc sf |
| | Freedom of speech is one of the fundamental freedoms of a true democracy. |
| freedom of speech and expression n | (right to express oneself freely) | liberdade de expressão loc sf |
| | Freedom of speech and expression broadens the concept of free speech to include the visual arts, music, and so on. |
| hate speech n | (speech inciting hatred) | discurso de ódio sm |
| hearing and speech impaired adj | (partially deaf with speaking difficulties) (parcialmente surdo com dificuldades na fala) | surdo-mudo adj |
| | In this classroom, there is one child who is hearing and speech impaired. |
| indirect speech n | (grammar: reported speech) (gramática) | discurso indireto sm |
| | An example of indirect speech is, "Marty said he needed to talk to Charlotte." |
keynote address,
keynote speech,
keynote n | (opening speech) (num congresso ou conferência) | discurso de abertura loc sm |
| | We've asked the President to give the keynote address at next year's conference. |
| | The general's keynote speech caused controversy amongst the conference delegates. |
| loss of speech n | (inability to speak due to trauma, etc.) | perda da fala loc sf |
| | After witnessing the horrific murder he experienced temporary loss of speech. |
make a speech,
give a speech v expr | (address an audience) | fazer um discurso expres v |
| | At the birthday party everyone asked Grandpa to make a speech. |
| | The father of the bride gave a speech, welcoming his new son-in-law to the family. |
| part of speech n | (grammatical category of a word) (gramática) | classe de palavras loc sf |
| | | classe gramatical sf + adj |
| | Can you identify the part of speech of this word? Is it a noun, a verb, or an adjective? |
| | ⓘEsta frase não é uma tradução da frase em inglês "Adjetivo" e "advérbio" são classes de palavras diferentes. |
| prepared speech n | (public talk written in advance) (fala pública escrita com antecedência) | discurso preparado loc sm |
| public speech n | (talk made to an audience) (falar para uma audiência) | discurso público loc sm |
| | I have to give a public speech today – that's why I'm feeling so nervous. |
quotation mark,
also UK: speech mark,
also UK: inverted comma n | usually plural (punctuation indicating speech, etc.) | aspas sf pl |
| | Should quotation marks come before or after a full stop? |
| reported speech n | (indirect quotation) (citação indireta) | discurso indireto loc sf |
| | In English, reported speech is often put in the past tense. |
| slurred speech n | (abnormal way of talking) | fala desarticulada sf |
| | Some people have slurred speech when they're drunk. |
| speech bubble n | (cartoon: spoken text in a balloon) (quadrinhos: texto de fala nos balões) | bolha de texto sf |
| | | nuvem de texto sf |
| | | balão de texto sm |
| | "Great snakes!" said the speech bubble above Tintin's head. |
| speech impediment n | (speaking disorder) (problema para articular a fala) | dificuldade de fala loc sf |
| | | problema de expressão loc sm |
| | He has a speech impediment which makes him hard to understand. |
| speech making n | (act of addressing the public formally) (ato de falar ao público formalmente) | palestra sf |
| | | discurso sm |
| speech pathology n | (study of speaking disorders) | patologia da fala loc sf |
speech synthesizer,
also UK: speech synthesiser n | (device that imitates human voice) (dispositivo que imita a voz humana) | sintetizador de voz sm |
| speech therapist n | ([sb] who treats speaking disorders) (alguém que trata desordens da fala) | fonoaudiólogo sm |
| | | fonoaudióloga sf |
| | (informal) | fono sm |
| | When I was a child, a speech therapist helped me with my lisp. |
| speech therapy n | (treatment for speaking disorders) (tratamento para a desordem na fala) | fonoaudiologia sf |
| | Raymond had to have speech therapy following the operation on his tongue. |
| speech writer n | (scriptwriter of a public address for [sb] else) (editor de script em um local público registrando o relato de alguém) | escrivão sm |
| | | redator de discursos sm |
| speech writing n | (scriptwriting of public addresses for [sb] else) | redação de discursos sf |