alocución

Definitions of alocución
  1. noun
    the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
    synonyms: discurso
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    ditirambo
    a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
    charla, conferencia, lectura pública
    a speech that is open to the public
    oración, oratoria
    addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
    arenga, predicación, sermón
    an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
    declamación, recital
    a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
    declamación
    vehement oratory
    homilía
    a sermon on a moral or religious topic
    type of:
    acto de habla
    the use of language to perform some act
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