balbuceo

m.

1 babbling.

2 stammer, stutter, babble, stammering.

3 lallation.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: balbucear.

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balbuceo

► nombre masculino

1 babbling

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SM [de adulto] stammering, stuttering; [de niño] babbling

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masculino (de adulto) mumbling, muttering; (de bebé) babble

los primeros balbuceos del niño — the child's first faltering words

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= splutter, sputter, stammering, stammer.

Ex. And then, after all this diplomatic and rhetorical splutter, the high commissioners recovered their temper and grew more polite.

Ex. The sputter of gibberish, the hoppings about the floor, the violent gesticulations, were like the frenzy of a half dozen exasperated baboons.

Ex. Stammering is four times more common in boys than girls.

Ex. In contrast, behavioural therapies take a more direct approach to the problem, encouraging parents to correct a stammer.

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masculino (de adulto) mumbling, muttering; (de bebé) babble

los primeros balbuceos del niño — the child's first faltering words

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= splutter, sputter, stammering, stammer.

Ex: And then, after all this diplomatic and rhetorical splutter, the high commissioners recovered their temper and grew more polite.

Ex: The sputter of gibberish, the hoppings about the floor, the violent gesticulations, were like the frenzy of a half dozen exasperated baboons.

Ex: Stammering is four times more common in boys than girls.

Ex: In contrast, behavioural therapies take a more direct approach to the problem, encouraging parents to correct a stammer.

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balbuceo

masculine

(de un adulto) mumbling, muttering

los primeros balbuceos del niño the child's first faltering words

oía el balbuceo del niño I could hear the child gurgling away

los primeros balbuceos del feminismo the first stirrings of feminism

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Del verbo balbucear: (conjugate balbucear)

balbuceo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

balbuceó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
balbucear    
balbuceo
balbucear (conjugate balbucear) verbo transitivo
to stammer
verbo intransitivo [adulto] to mutter, mumble;
[bebé] to babble
balbuceo sustantivo masculino (de adulto) mumbling, muttering;
(de bebé) 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
balbuceo sustantivo masculino
1 (de niño) babbling
2 (de adulto) stuttering, stammering
'balbuceo' also found in these entries:
English:
gurgle

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balbuceo nm

1. [al hablar]

se oye el balbuceo del bebé you can hear the baby babbling to himself;

sus balbuceos denotaban nerviosismo you could tell he was nervous by the way he was stammering

2.

balbuceos [inicios] early stages;

los balbuceos del cine the earliest days of cinema

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balbuceo

m stammer

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balbuceo nm

: mumbling, stammering