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discurso

speech, discourse

noun dees-KOOR-soh Less Common

Also means

lecture

Usage Note

Discurso most commonly means a prepared public speech (pronunciar un discurso). In linguistics and literary theory it means 'discourse' in the academic sense. It does not mean casual conversation — use conversación or charla for that. Dar un discurso is the standard collocation.

Examples

"El presidente dio un discurso ante el Congreso."

Natural Translation

The president gave a speech before Congress.

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