speak up

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

speak up

1. (idiomatic) To talk more loudly or plainly.

   Could you speak up? I can't hear you.

2. (idiomatic) To make oneself or one's opinions known; to advocate or assert oneself.

   I feel that somebody has to speak up for those oppressed by the system.

   Speak up if I'm bothering you.

Translations

to talk more loudly or plainly

• German: lauter sprechen, den Mund aufmachen (colloquial)
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• Portuguese: falar mais alto (more loudly), falar mais claro/claramente (more plainly), erguer a voz (often suggesting a menacing tone)
• Spanish: hablar más alto y más claro

to make oneself or one's opinions known

• Azerbaijani: söz açmaq
• German: einsetzen (de) (reflexive), eintreten (de), den Mund aufmachen (colloquial), sagen (de) (+ etwas)
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• Portuguese: erguer a voz, fazer-se ouvir

See also

• pipe up
• (assert oneself): speak out

Anagrams

• upspake, upspeak