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faltar a su palabra verb | renege [reneged, reneging, reneges](break a promise or commitment) |
hombre de pocas palabras noun {m} | man of few words(man who doesn't speak much) |
hombre parco en palabras noun {m} | man of few words(man who doesn't speak much) |
juego de palabras noun {m} | play on words(pun or similar humorous use of language) pun [puns](joke or type of wordplay) wordplaynoun |
libertad de palabra noun {f} | free speech(right to express an opinion in public) |
mala palabra noun {f} | curse [curses](vulgar epithet) swear word(impolite or offensive taboo word) |
mediar palabra verb | speak [spoke, spoken, speaking, speaks](to utter) |
multipalabra adjective | multi-word(consisting of more than one word) |
orden de las palabras noun {m} | word order [word orders](order of syntactic constituents) |
pocas palabras bastan phrase | a nod is as good as a wink(the hint, suggestion etc can be understood without further explaining) |
pocas palabras bastan adverb | word to the wise(idiomatic) |
quitar las palabras de la boca verb | |
sentido de la palabra noun {m} | meaning [meanings](definition or connotation of a word) |
sin palabras adjective | speechless(not speaking; not knowing what to say) |
tener unas palabras verb | have a word(speak to someone) |
tomar la palabra verb | take someone's word for it(to believe what someone claims) |
tragarse las palabras verb | eat humble pie(to admit one's faults) |
última palabra noun {f} | final say(right to make a final decision) |
una imagen vale más que mil palabras phrase | a picture is worth a thousand words(visualisation is better than verbal description) |
¿cómo se escribe esta palabra? phrase | how do you spell this word(how do you spell this word?) |
¿cómo se pronuncia esta palabra? phrase | how do you pronounce this word(how do you pronounce this word?) |