| Principal Translations |
| talk to [sb] vi + prep | (speak to, address) | hablarle a vi + prep |
| | She talks to her pets even though they can't respond. |
| | Les habla a sus mascotas aunque no puedan responderle. |
| talk with [sb] vi + prep | (discuss [sth] with) | hablar con vi + prep |
| | | charlar con vi + prep |
| | Can I talk with you a minute? I'll talk with my associates and get back to you. |
| | ¿Puedo hablar contigo un minuto? // Voy a hablar con mis socios y le respondo. |
| talk about [sth/sb] vi + prep | (discuss) | hablar de, hablar sobre, hablar acerca de vi + prep |
| | | hablar de alguien, hablar sobre alguien, hablar acerca de alguien loc verb |
| | | conversar sobre, conversar acerca de vi + prep |
| | | conversar sobre alguien, conversar acerca de alguien loc verb |
| | We talked about the film we had just seen. |
| | Hablamos sobre la película que acabábamos de ver. |
| talk⇒ vi | (speak to one another) | hablar⇒ vi |
| | I'm glad I bumped into you; can we talk? |
| | Me alegro de verte. ¿Podemos hablar? |
| talk n | (lecture) | conferencia nf |
| | | charla nf |
| | The talk concerned global warming. |
| | La conferencia trataba sobre el calentamiento global. |
| talk n | (conversation) | conversación nf |
| | Their talk was about politics. |
| | La conversación era sobre política. |
| talk n | (topic of conversation) | tema nm |
| | The political talk didn't interest me much, so I went outside. |
| | El tema de la política no me interesaba mucho, así que salí. |
| Additional Translations |
| talk n | (way of speaking) | modo de hablar, forma de hablar grupo nom |
| | Her talk made it obvious that she was from New York. |
| | Su modo de hablar hacía obvio que ella era de Nueva York. |
| talk n | (gossip) | chismes nmpl |
| | | cotilleos nmpl |
| | | habladurías nfpl |
| | There is too much talk in this town; people should mind their own business. |
| | Hay muchos chismes en este pueblo. La gente debería preocuparse de sus propios asuntos. |
| talk n | (not action) | habladuría nf |
| | | palabra nf |
| | (informal) | bla bla expr |
| | He is all talk and no action; don't expect that it will ever happen. |
| | Él es todo habladurías sin acción. No esperes que eso jamás ocurra. |
| talks npl | (negotiations) | conversaciones nfpl |
| | (MX) | pláticas nfpl |
| | The talks to end the war continued. |
| | Continuaron las conversaciones para terminar con la guerra. |
| talk vi | informal (reveal secrets) | hablar⇒ vi |
| | (ES, AR, figurado) | cantar⇒ vtr |
| | After four hours of interrogation, the witness finally talked. |
| | Después de cuatro horas de interrogatorio, el testigo finalmente habló. |
| | Después de cuatro horas de interrogatorio, el testigo finalmente cantó. |
| talk vi | (gossip) | charlar⇒, charlotear⇒ vi |
| | | chismorrear⇒ vi |
| | The old ladies love to talk. I would ignore them if I were you. |
| | A las ancianas les gusta mucho charlotear. Yo que tú las ignoraría. |
| | A las ancianas les gusta mucho chismorrear. Yo que tú las ignoraría. |
| talk vi | (give a lecture) | hablar⇒ vi |
| | | dar una charla loc verb |
| | The ambassador is going to talk at the university tonight. |
| | El embajador hablará en la universidad esta noche. |
| | El embajador dará una charla en la universidad esta noche. |
| talk vi | (have power) | mandar⇒ vi |
| | You know that money talks, don't you? |
| | Ya sabes que el dinero manda, ¿no? |
| talk to [sb] vi | (address issue with [sb]) | hablar con vi + prep |
| | Vinnie's been giving you a hard time? Don't worry; I'll talk to him. |
| | ¿Vinnie está causando problemas? No te preocupes, voy a hablar con él. |
Locuciones verbales
talk | talking |
| sleep-talk vi phrasal | (speak during sleep) | hablar dormido loc verb |
talk [sb] around,
also UK: talk [sb] round vtr phrasal sep | (persuade) | convencer a vtr + prep |
| | | persuadir a vtr + prep |
| | I didn't really feel like going out, but my friends talked me round. |
| | No tenía ganas de salir pero mis amigos me convencieron. |
| talk at [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (talk and not let listener say anything) | hablarle a alguien sin parar loc verb |
| | | hablarle a alguien sin dejarlo hablar loc verb |
| talk away vi phrasal | (talk nonstop) | hablar sin parar vi + loc adv |
| talk [sth] away vtr phrasal sep | (spend hours, day, night, etc. talking) | pasar [tiempo] hablando loc verb |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Pasé toda la tarde hablando con mis amigos de la infancia. |
| talk back vi phrasal | (respond, retort) | contestar⇒ vi |
| | Don't talk back to your parents! |
| | ¡No les contestes a tus padres! |
| talk down to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (speak condescendingly to) | hablarle con superioridad a loc verb |
| | | hablarle con condescendencia a loc verb |
| | | hablarle con paternalismo a loc verb |
| | I hate it when my teacher talks down to me. |
| | Odio cuando mis maestros me hablan con superioridad. |
talk [sth] down,
talk down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | UK, figurative (speak disparagingly of) | rebajar⇒ vtr |
| | | quitar importancia a, restar importancia a loc verb |
| | | despotricar contra vtr + prep |
| | The politician spends a lot of time talking down his rival's policies, but not much talking about his own. |
| | El político pasa mucho tiempo rebajando las políticas de su rival, pero casi no habla de las propias. |
| talk of [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (discuss possibility of) | hablar de vi + prep |
| | | considerar⇒ vtr |
| | They talk of invading that country. |
| | Hablan de invadir el país. |
| | Consideran invadir el país. |
| talk of [sth] vtr phrasal insep | formal, literary (speak about) | hablar sobre vi + prep |
| | | hablar acerca de vi + prep |
| | 'In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo'. - T.S. Eliot |
| talk on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (speak publicly about) | dar una charla sobre, dar una charla acerca de loc verb |
| | | hablar sobre, hablar de vi + prep |
| | | exponer sobre vi + prep |
| | | disertar sobre vi + prep |
| | I'm going to talk on American literature next Thursday. |
| | The president introduced the first speaker, who was going to talk on price rises. |
| | El próximo jueves voy a dar una charla sobre literatura americana. |
| talk [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (resolve through discussion) (por medio del diálogo) | resolver⇒ vtr |
| | | arreglar⇒ vtr |
| | Jen and her husband are seeing a counsellor to try and talk out their differences. |
| | Jen y su esposa van a terapia para intentar resolver sus diferencias. |
| talk over [sth/sb] vtr phrasal insep | (speak more loudly than) | interrumpir a alguien vtr + prep |
| | | hablar al mismo tiempo que alguien loc verb |
| | I hate it when people talk over me at meetings. |
| | Quit trying to talk over me. |
| | Odio que la gente me interrumpa en las reuniones. // Deja de tratar de interrumpirme. |
| | Odio que la gente hable al mismo tiempo que yo en las reuniones. |
| talk over [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (discuss) | hablar sobre vi + prep |
| | | discutir⇒ vtr |
| | Let's talk over your college plans. |
| | Vamos a hablar sobre tus planes de la facultad. |