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palabra meaning in English

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faltar a su palabra verb

renege [reneged, reneging, reneges](break a promise or commitment)
verb
[UK: rɪ.ˈneɪɡ] [US: rə.ˈnɪɡ]

hombre de pocas palabras noun
{m}

man of few words(man who doesn't speak much)
noun

hombre parco en palabras noun
{m}

man of few words(man who doesn't speak much)
noun

juego de palabras noun
{m}

play on words(pun or similar humorous use of language)
noun
[UK: ˈpleɪ ɒn ˈwɜːdz] [US: ˈpleɪ ɑːn ˈwɝːdz]

pun [puns](joke or type of wordplay)
noun
[UK: pʌn] [US: ˈpən]

wordplaynoun
[UK: ˈwɜːd.pleɪ] [US: ˈwɝːd.pleɪ]

libertad de palabra noun
{f}

free speech(right to express an opinion in public)
noun
[UK: friː spiːtʃ] [US: ˈfriː ˈspiːtʃ]

mala palabra noun
{f}

curse [curses](vulgar epithet)
noun
[UK: kɜːs] [US: ˈkɝːs]

swear word(impolite or offensive taboo word)
noun

mediar palabra verb

speak [spoke, spoken, speaking, speaks](to utter)
verb
[UK: spiːk] [US: ˈspiːk]

multipalabra adjective

multi-word(consisting of more than one word)
adjective
[UK: ˈmʌlt.i ˈwɜːd] [US: ˈmʌlti ˈwɝːd]

orden de las palabras noun
{m}

word order [word orders](order of syntactic constituents)
noun
[UK: ˈwɜːd ˈɔː.də(r)] [US: ˈwɝːd ˈɔːr.dər]

pocas palabras bastan phrase

a nod is as good as a wink(the hint, suggestion etc can be understood without further explaining)
phrase

pocas palabras bastan adverb

word to the wise(idiomatic)
adverb

quitar las palabras de la boca verb

take the words out of someone's mouthverb

sentido de la palabra noun
{m}

meaning [meanings](definition or connotation of a word)
noun
[UK: ˈmiːn.ɪŋ] [US: ˈmiːn.ɪŋ]

sin palabras adjective

speechless(not speaking; not knowing what to say)
adjective
[UK: ˈspiːt.ʃləs] [US: ˈspiːt.ʃləs]

tener unas palabras verb

have a word(speak to someone)
verb

tomar la palabra verb

take someone's word for it(to believe what someone claims)
verb

tragarse las palabras verb

eat humble pie(to admit one's faults)
verb
[UK: iːt ˈhʌm.bl̩ paɪ] [US: ˈiːt ˈhʌm.bl̩ ˈpaɪ]

última palabra noun
{f}

final say(right to make a final decision)
noun

una imagen vale más que mil palabras phrase

a picture is worth a thousand words(visualisation is better than verbal description)
phrase

¿cómo se escribe esta palabra? phrase

how do you spell this word(how do you spell this word?)
phrase

¿cómo se pronuncia esta palabra? phrase

how do you pronounce this word(how do you pronounce this word?)
phrase

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