voice

voz

El sonido que produces al hablar o cantar.

En inglés sencillo: The sound you make when you speak or sing.

• Her voice is very quiet.
• I heard a familiar voice behind me.
• His voice became deeper as he grew older.

Expresiones frecuentes: deep voice, soft voice, raise your voice, human voice

voz, influencia

La oportunidad o el poder de expresar opiniones e influir en las decisiones.

En inglés sencillo: The chance or power to express opinions and affect decisions.

• Workers need a voice in these decisions.
• The new council gave local people a stronger voice.
• Every member should have an equal voice.

Cómo se usa: a voice in something (Parents want a voice in how the school is run.)

Sinónimos: say, influence

Expresiones frecuentes: have a voice, voice in something, give someone voice

voz

La capacidad de hablar o cantar.

En inglés sencillo: Your ability to speak or sing.

• I lost my voice yesterday.
• Resting helped her recover her voice.
• Singers train their voices through regular exercises.

Expresiones frecuentes: lose your voice, rest your voice, train your voice

voz, estilo

La manera propia de un autor de expresar ideas y sentimientos.

En inglés sencillo: The particular way a writer expresses ideas and feelings.

• The writer has a warm voice.
• Her second novel shows a more confident voice.
• Each narrator has a distinct voice in the story.

Sinónimos: style, tone

Expresiones frecuentes: narrative voice, distinctive voice, find your voice

voz

Forma del verbo que indica si el sujeto realiza la acción o la recibe.

En inglés sencillo: A verb form that shows whether the subject does an action or receives it.

• This sentence uses the passive voice.
• Rewrite these sentences in the active voice.
• The verb changes voice, but its meaning stays similar.

Sinónimos: diathesis, gender

Expresiones frecuentes: active voice, passive voice, in passive voice

expresar, manifestar

Decir lo que uno piensa o siente sobre algo.

En inglés sencillo: To say what you think or feel about something.

• Please voice your concerns now.
• Several parents voiced objections to the plan.
• She has never voiced doubts about his ability.

Sinónimos: express, state

Expresiones frecuentes: voice concerns, voice an opinion, voice support, voice feelings

entonar

Ajustar un instrumento musical para que produzca el sonido deseado.

En inglés sencillo: To adjust a musical instrument so that it produces the desired sound.

• The technician will voice the piano.
• She voiced the organ pipes for the new hall.
• These reeds need to be voiced carefully.

Expresiones frecuentes: voice organ pipes, voice a piano, voice the reeds