balbucear

v.

1 to babble.

La víctima balbuceó pocas palabras The victim babbled few words.

2 to stammer, to stutter, to babble, to prattle.

Ese pobre hombre balbucea siempre That poor man stammers always.

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balbucear

► verbo intransitivo

1 to babble

► verbo transitivo

1 to babble

■ balbuceó una excusa tonta he babbled some stupid excuse

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VT VI [adulto] to stammer, stutter; [niño] to babble

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1.

verbo transitivo

balbuceó unas palabras de agradecimiento — he stammered out a few words of thanks

-yo no lo sabía -balbuceó — I didn't know, he stammered

2.

balbucear vi adulto to mutter, mumble; bebé to babble

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= babble, stammer.

Ex. He immerses us in 'language that is unique for its copiousness,' now speaking 'of exquisite intimations that can occur only in a half-light,' then babbling 'of chamber-pots, leg-irons, factories and policemen'.

Ex. People who stammer may find they are quite fluent if they sing, whisper or speak as part of a group.

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* decir balbuceando = splutter, sputter.

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1.

verbo transitivo

balbuceó unas palabras de agradecimiento — he stammered out a few words of thanks

-yo no lo sabía -balbuceó — I didn't know, he stammered

2.

balbucear vi adulto to mutter, mumble; bebé to babble

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= babble, stammer.

Ex: He immerses us in 'language that is unique for its copiousness,' now speaking 'of exquisite intimations that can occur only in a half-light,' then babbling 'of chamber-pots, leg-irons, factories and policemen'.

Ex: People who stammer may find they are quite fluent if they sing, whisper or speak as part of a group.

* decir balbuceando = splutter, sputter.

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balbucear [A1 ]

vt

apenas pudo balbucear unas palabras de agradecimiento all he could do was stammer out a few words of thanks

—me duele mucho —balbuceó entre sollozos it hurts a lot, she sobbed

—yo no lo sabía —balbuceó I didn't know, he stammered

■ balbucear

vi

un niño que apenas balbuceaba a child who was only just coming out with his first faltering words

balbuceaba dormido he was muttering o mumbling o babbling in his sleep

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balbucear (conjugate balbucear) verbo transitivo
to stammer
verbo intransitivo [adulto] to mutter, mumble;
[bebé] to babble
balbucear verbo intransitivo & vt
1 (comenzar a hablar) to babble
2 (hablar vacilantemente, con poca claridad) to stutter, to stammer: estaba tan avergonzada que apenas pudo balbucear una disculpa, she was so embarrassed she could hardly stammer out an excuse
'balbucear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
balbucir
- titubear
English:
babble
- blubber
- burble
- splutter
- falter
- prattle
- stutter

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balbucear, balbucir

♦ vt

[por nerviosismo, vergüenza] to stammer out;

ya balbucea sus primeras palabras he's saying his first words;

“ya casi hemos llegado”, balbuceó jadeante “we're almost there,” she panted

♦ vi

to babble;

el bebé ya balbucea the baby already babbles away to himself

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balbucear

I v/i

1 stammer

2 de niño babble

II v/t stammer

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balbucear vi

1) : to mutter, to stammer

2) : to prattle, to babble

los niños están balbuceando: the children are prattling away