Afrikaans–English dictionary
English translation of the Afrikaans word spraak
| Afrikaans | English (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| (praat) | ||
🔗 En Moses het met hulle gespreek. | ||
| ; | ||
🔗 In ’n toespraak Donderdag het president Vladimir Putin gesê hy ken Prigožin, ’n eens lojale bondgenoot, sedert die vroeë 1990’s. | ||
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🔗 Die uitspraak is om twee redes merkwaardig. | ||
🔗 Die gebruiklikste uitspraak word as norm aanvaar. | ||
| Afrikaans | English |
|---|---|
| spraak | ⇆ language; ⇆ parlance; ⇆ speech; ⇆ tongue; ⇆ voice |
| buiten sprake | ⇆ out of the question |
| ter sprake bring | ⇆ broach; ⇆ introduce; ⇆ moot; ⇆ tap; ⇆ bring on the tapis |
| vryheid van spraak | ⇆ freedom of speech |
| bespraak | ⇆ eloquent |
| breedsprakig | ⇆ circuitous; ⇆ diffuse; ⇆ excursive; ⇆ prolix; ⇆ verbose |
| godspraak | ⇆ oracle; ⇆ prophecy |
| grootspraak | ⇆ fanfaronade; ⇆ gasconade; ⇆ grandiloquence; ⇆ hyperbole; ⇆ rant |
| koorspraak | ⇆ choral speech |
| lofspraak | ⇆ encomium; ⇆ eulogy; ⇆ laudation; ⇆ praise |
| samespraak | ⇆ colloquy; ⇆ dialogue; ⇆ interlocution |
| spraakgebrek | ⇆ impediment in one’s speech; ⇆ speech impediment |
| spraakgebruik | ⇆ idiom |
| spraakkuns | ⇆ grammar |
| spraakloos | ⇆ dumb; ⇆ inarticulate; ⇆ tongueless; ⇆ tongue‐tied; ⇆ voiceless; ⇆ wordless |
| spraakonderwyser | ⇆ elocutionist |
| spraakorgane | ⇆ organs of speech |
| spraaksaam | ⇆ chatty; ⇆ communicable; ⇆ communicative; ⇆ conversable; ⇆ conversational; ⇆ garrulous; ⇆ loquacious; ⇆ talkative |
| spraakverwarring | ⇆ confusion of tongues |
| spraakwending | ⇆ idiom; ⇆ phrase |
| spreek | ⇆ see; ⇆ speak; ⇆ talk |
| streekspraak | ⇆ dialect |
| teëspraak | ⇆ protest; ⇆ variance |
| toespraak | ⇆ address; ⇆ allocution; ⇆ apostrophe; ⇆ exhortation; ⇆ harangue; ⇆ oration; ⇆ speech; ⇆ speechification |
| tussenspraak | ⇆ mediation |
| tweespraak | ⇆ duologue; ⇆ dialogue |
| uitspraak | ⇆ accent; ⇆ adjudication; ⇆ award; ⇆ decision; ⇆ deliverance; ⇆ dictum; ⇆ enunciation; ⇆ finding; ⇆ judgement; ⇆ reference; ⇆ utterance; ⇆ pronouncement; ⇆ pronunciation; ⇆ rule; ⇆ ruling; ⇆ sentence; ⇆ verdict |
| vingerspraak | ⇆ dactylology |
| welbespraak | ⇆ eloquent; ⇆ fluent; ⇆ glib; ⇆ honey‐lipped; ⇆ honey‐mouthed; ⇆ honey‐tongued; ⇆ well‐spoken |