Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
una consonante sorda
English translation:
unvoiced consonant
Spanish term
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
una consonante sorda
Silent letter? Mute consonant? What is confusing to me here is that the verb "pronunciar" is used, but "a silent letter" would not have been pronounced. Or perhaps it would have....
Thank you.
| 5 +12 | unvoiced consonant |
Lorraine Bathurst
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| 4 +8 | a voiceless consonant |
DLyons
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| 4 +1 | voiceless consonant |
Timo Eugster
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| 4 -1 | silent consonant |
jude dabo
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, Portuguese to English
unvoiced consonant
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DLyons
: That's more standard than "voiceless"
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Ryan Armbrust Diaz (X)
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thank you
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David Ronder
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thank you
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Simon Bruni
: yep, p, f, s, k etc
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James A. Walsh
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Kate Major Patience
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Bubo Coroman (X)
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Evans (X)
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Jim Tucker (X)
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Charles Davis
: "unvoiced" is certainly more commonly used than "voiceless", though that doesn't mean it's right. I think it's 50/50. But though I barely remember my linguistics lectures, I think they said "unvoiced".
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Eric Schwartz
1 day 36 mins
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Christine Walsh
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a voiceless consonant
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Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
: Great.
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Thanks Alistair
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David Hal
: I disagree that "unvoiced" is more standard. I have read "voiced" and "voiceless" in lots of books specialised in Linguistics.
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Thanks Rafael
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Marina Soldati
: That´s the way these consonants are called in my Phonetics books.
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Thanks Marina
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elena ry
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Thanks Elena
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Jim Tucker (X)
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Thanks Jim.
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Kelly Harrison
: When I studied Linguistics, we always said voiced and voiceless.
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Thanks Kelly
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: Like Kelly, I learned 'voiceless'. In fact, in more than 30 courses in linguistics I never heard 'unvoiced' - but I see that 'unvoiced' is now more common.
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Thanks Muriel. Both are common but I think "unvoiced" somewhat more so.
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Christine Walsh
: Also correct
1 day 13 hrs
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Thanks Christine
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China
Professional FI>EN translator
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Finnish to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 1 more.
voiceless consonant
silent consonant
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Jim Tucker (X)
: When is "p" not pronounced? The "b/p" distinction is between voiced and unvoiced.
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