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Speak

//spiːk//

Translations of "speak" (45 languages)

Language	Translation	Romanization
Arabic	تَكَلَّمَ(to be able to communicate in a language), حكى(to be able to communicate in a language)	takallama, ḥaka
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	ܗܲܡܙܸܡ(to be able to communicate in a language), ܡܲܠܸܠ(to be able to communicate in a language)	hāmzim, mālil
Bashkir	һөйләшеү(to be able to communicate in a language), һөйләшә белеү(to be able to communicate in a language)	höyləşew, höyləşə belew
Bulgarian	гово́ря(to be able to communicate in a language)	govórja
Catalan	parlar(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Cherokee	ᎯᏬᏂ(to be able to communicate in a language)	hiwoni
Chickasaw	anompoli(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Chinese Cantonese	識講 /识讲(to be able to communicate in a language)	sik¹ gong²
Chinese Mandarin	會說 /会说(to be able to communicate in a language)	huì shuō
Czech	mluvit(to be able to communicate in a language), umět(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Danish	snakke(to be able to communicate in a language), taler(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Dutch	spreken(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Esperanto	paroli(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Estonian	rääkima(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Finnish	osata(to be able to communicate in a language), puhua(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
French	parler(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Galician	falar(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
German	sprechen(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Hebrew	דיבר \ דִּבֵּר(to be able to communicate in a language)	dibér
Hindi	बोलना(to be able to communicate in a language)	bolnā
Icelandic	tala(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Italian	parlare(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Japanese	話す(to be able to communicate in a language)	hanasu
Jeju	ᄀᆞᆯ아지다(to be able to communicate in a language)	gawrajida
Khmer	និយាយ(to be able to communicate in a language)	niyiəy
Korean	하다(to be able to communicate in a language)	hada
Latin	loquor(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Latvian	runāt(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Lithuanian	kalbėti(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Maore Comorian	ulagua(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Norman	pâler(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Norwegian Bokmål	snakke(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Ojibwe	-mo(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Polish	mówić(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Portuguese	falar(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Quechua	rimay(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Romanian	vorbi(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Russian	говори́ть(to be able to communicate in a language), разгова́ривать(to be able to communicate in a language)	govorítʹ, razgovárivatʹ
Spanish	chapurrar(to be able to communicate in a language), chapurrear(to be able to communicate in a language), defenderse (mediocrely)(to be able to communicate in a language), dominar (proficiently)(to be able to communicate in a language), fablar(to be able to communicate in a language), hablar(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Swedish	kunna(to be able to communicate in a language), tala(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Vietnamese	biết nói(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Walloon	cåzer(to be able to communicate in a language), divizer(to be able to communicate in a language), djåzer(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Yiddish	רעדן(to be able to communicate in a language)	redn
Yoruba	gbọ́(to be able to communicate in a language)	—
Yucatec Maya	tʼan(to be able to communicate in a language)	—