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Tablas de conjugación de speak en inglés

Conjugación del verbo speak en indicativo

Verbo speak en present simple

I speak
You speak
He/she/it speaks
We speak
You speak
They speak

Verbo speak en present continuous

I am speaking
You are speaking
He/she/it is speaking
We are speaking
You are speaking
They are speaking

Verbo speak en past simple

I spoke
You spoke
He/she/it spoke
We spoke
You spoke
They spoke

Verbo speak en past continuous

I was speaking
You were speaking
He/she/it was speaking
We were speaking
You were speaking
They were speaking

Verbo speak en present perfect

I have spoken
You have spoken
He/she/it has spoken
We have spoken
You have spoken
They have spoken

Verbo speak en present perfect continuous

I have been speaking
You have been speaking
He/she/it has been speaking
We have been speaking
You have been speaking
They have been speaking

Verbo speak en past perfect

I had spoken
You had spoken
He/she/it had spoken
We had spoken
You had spoken
They had spoken

Verbo speak en past perfect continuous

I had been speaking
You had been speaking
He/she/it had been speaking
We had been speaking
You had been speaking
They had been speaking

Verbo speak en future

I will speak
You will speak
He/she/it will speak
We will speak
You will speak
They will speak

Verbo speak en future continuous

I will be speaking
You will be speaking
He/she/it will be speaking
We will be speaking
You will be speaking
They will be speaking

Verbo speak en future perfect

I will have spoken
You will have spoken
He/she/it will have spoken
We will have spoken
You will have spoken
They will have spoken

Verbo speak en future perfect continuous

I will have been speaking
You will have been speaking
He/she/it will have been speaking
We will have been speaking
You will have been speaking
They will have been speaking

Conjugación del verbo speak en condicional

Verbo speak en conditional present

I would speak
You would speak
He/she/it would speak
We would speak
You would speak
They would speak

Verbo speak en conditional present continuous

I would be speaking
You would be speaking
He/she/it would be speaking
We would be speaking
You would be speaking
They would be speaking

Verbo speak en conditional perfect

I would have spoken
You would have spoken
He/she/it would have spoken
We would have spoken
You would have spoken
They would have spoken

Verbo speak en conditional perfect continuous

I would have been speaking
You would have been speaking
He/she/it would have been speaking
We would have been speaking
You would have been speaking
They would have been speaking

Otras formas

Infinitivo de speak

to speak

Participio presente de speak

speaking

Participio pasado de speak

spoken

Imperativo de speak

speak
let’s speak

Nota: to speak es un verbo irregular. Descubre todos los verbos irregulares en inglés.

Definición de speak en inglés

¿Qué significa el verbo speak en inglés?

El Cambridge Dictionary ofrece varias definiciones del verbo speak.

Veamos las principales:

1. To say words, to use the voice, or to have a conversation with someone

If someone is speaking too fast, ask them to slow down.
→ Si alguien habla demasiado rápido, pídele que hable más despacio.

2. To (be able to) talk in a language

John is a polyglot who speaks seven languages fluently.
→ John es un políglota que habla siete idiomas con fluidez.

3. To give a formal talk to a group of people

The President spoke to the nation on TV.
→ El Presidente se dirige a la nación por televisión.

4. To show or express something without using words

The smile on her face spoke volumes about that idea.
→ La sonrisa de su rostro decía mucho de la idea.

Para consultar la página completa del Cambridge Dictionary, haz clic aquí.

Phrasal verbs con speak en inglés

Recordatorio: los phrasal verbs (o “verbos con partícula”) son verbos que, al ir seguidos de otra palabra (la partícula), completan o modifican su significado original.

Estos son los principales phrasal verbs formados con el verbo speak:

speak about something → discutir/hablar sobre algo
speak for somebody → hablar por / hablar en nombre de alguien
speak out → expresarse
speak out against something/somebody → denunciar / manifestar su oposición a
speak to something → hablar de
speak up → hablar más fuerte/alto (coloquial)
speak up for somebody/something → defender/apoyar a alguien/algo (coloquial)

Sinónimos de speak en inglés

Según el contexto, se puede sustituir el verbo to speak por uno de los siguientes verbos:

aver → afirmar/asegurar
chat → charlar
communicate → comunicar
converse → conversar
declaim → declamar
declare → declarar
discourse → dialogar
enunciate → enunciar
express → expresar
gab → charlar / cotorrear
orate → dar una perorata
say → decir
talk → hablar
tell → decir
utter → pronunciar/decir
verbalize → verbalizar

Expresiones con speak en inglés

as we speak → en este mismo momento (coloquial)
right to speak (sustantivo) → libertad de expresión
so to speak → por así decirlo
speak for itself → hablar por sí mismo
speak for yourself → hablar por ti (coloquial)
speak highly of → hablar muy bien de
speak ill of → hablar mal de
speak of the devil! (interjección) → ¡hablando del rey de Roma! (cuando llega la persona de la que se está hablando)
speak soon! (interjección coloquial) → ¡hablamos luego! / ¡nos hablamos luego!
speak volumes → decir mucho
speak with a forked tongue → mentir/engañar
speak with your mouth full → hablar con la boca llena
speak your mind → ser sincero / decir lo que uno piensa

Al igual que to sleep, to run, to know, to feed y to come, to speak es un verbo irregular. Así que hay que tener cuidado con las terminaciones del pasado.

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