balbuceo — meaning in English

English meaning

• babble verb To talk quickly and continuously in a way that is unclear, meaningless, or hard to follow.
• babbling noun The stage in early childhood when infants experiment with speech-like sounds before forming real words.
• lisp verb To pronounce the sounds 's' and 'z' as 'th', usually as a speech habit rather than deliberately.
• mumble verb To speak quietly and unclearly, so words are hard to make out.

Senses

balbuceo is used for these senses in English:

• babble Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
• babbling (countable, uncountable) sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
• lisp The act or a habit of lisping.
• mumble A quiet or unintelligible vocalization; a low tone of voice.

babble — full definition

1. verb To talk quickly and continuously in a way that is unclear, meaningless, or hard to follow.
2. verb To let slip a secret by talking carelessly.
3. noun Rapid, unclear, or meaningless talk.

babbling — full definition

1. noun The stage in early childhood when infants experiment with speech-like sounds before forming real words.
2. noun Rapid, meaningless, or hard-to-follow talk.
3. adj Making a continuous soft murmuring sound.

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