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Results for: "voice"

Translating from English to Portuguese Portugal

Translations:

voice — sound uttered by the mouth
→ voz f
→ som
voice — active or passive voice (grammar)
→ voz f
voice — tone or sound emitted by anything
→ som m

More translations:

voice
→ voz
voice
→ dar voz
voice
→ soar

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (11)

1. the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech;
- Example: "A shrill voice sounded behind us"

2. the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract;
- Example: "a singer takes good care of his voice"
- Example: "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
[syn: voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox]

3. a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance;
- Example: "the noisy voice of the waterfall"
- Example: "the incessant voices of the artillery"

4. expressing in coherent verbal form;
- Example: "the articulation of my feelings"
- Example: "I gave voice to my feelings"
[syn: articulation, voice]

5. a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated;
- Example: "the voice of the law"
- Example: "the Times is not the voice of New York"
- Example: "conservatism has many voices"

6. something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression;
- Example: "the wee small voice of conscience"
- Example: "the voice of experience"
- Example: "he said his voices told him to do it"

7. (metonymy) a singer;
- Example: "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"

8. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;
- Example: "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
[syn: spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice]

9. the ability to speak;
- Example: "he lost his voice"

10. (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes;

11. the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music;
- Example: "he tried to sing the tenor part"
[syn: part, voice]


VERB (2)

1. give voice to;
- Example: "He voiced his concern"

2. utter with vibrating vocal chords;
[syn: voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise]