speak up
Verb
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Verb
- (idiomatic) To talk more loudly or plainly.
- Could you speak up? I can't hear you.
- (idiomatic) To make oneself or one's opinions known; to advocate or assert oneself.
- I feel that somebody has to speak up for those oppressed by the system.
- Speak up if I'm bothering you.
- German: lauter sprechen, den Mund aufmachen (colloquial)
- Portuguese: falar mais alto (more loudly), falar mais claro/claramente (more plainly), erguer a voz (often suggesting a menacing tone)
- Spanish: hablar más alto y más claro
- German: einsetzen (reflexive), eintreten, den Mund aufmachen (colloquial), sagen (+ etwas)
- Portuguese: erguer a voz, fazer-se ouvir
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