talk

/tɔk/

verb A1
V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

3rd person singular
talks
past
talked
past participle
talked
gerund
talking

Meaning

  1. hablar

    • We talk on the phone every week.

      Hablamos por teléfono cada semana.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

speak

speak is slightly more formal, and can be one-directional, like giving a speech; talk is more casual, implying a back-and-forth conversation, "let's talk."

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa talk?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: We ___ on the phone every week.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a talk?

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