speak up

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌspiːk ˈʌp/
• (General American) enPR: spēk' ŭpʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌspik ˈʌp/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌspiːk ˈʌp/

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Verb

speak up (third-person singular simple present speaks up, present participle speaking up, simple past spoke up, past participle spoken up)

1. (idiomatic) To talk more loudly or clearly.

   Coordinate term: enunciate

   Could you speak up? I can't hear you.

2. (idiomatic) To make oneself or one's opinions known; to advocate or assert oneself.

   Coordinate terms: pipe up, speak out

   I feel that somebody has to speak up for those oppressed by the system.

   Speak up if I'm bothering you.

Translations

to talk more loudly or plainly

• Finnish: puhua kovempaa, korottaa ääntään
• German: lauter sprechen, den Mund aufmachen (colloquial)
• Hungarian: hangosabban/érthetőbben/tagoltabban beszél, felemeli a hangját
• Portuguese: falar mais alto (more loudly), falar mais claro/claramente (more plainly), erguer a voz (often suggesting a menacing tone)
• Russian: говорить (ru) (govoritʹ) громче (ru) (gromče)
• Spanish: hablar más alto y más claro

to make oneself or one's opinions known

• Azerbaijani: söz açmaq, dilə gəlmək
• Finnish: sanoa ääneen
• Galician: facerse ouvir
• German: einsetzen (de) (reflexive), eintreten (de), den Mund aufmachen (colloquial), sagen (de) (+ etwas)
• Hungarian: kiáll (hu), felszólal (hu), szót emel, felemeli a szavát, (let someone know of something) szól (hu)
• Portuguese: erguer a voz, fazer-se ouvir
• Russian: высказываться (ru) (vyskazyvatʹsja)
• Swedish: säga ifrån (sv)

Anagrams

• upspake, upspeak