oración

Definitions of oración
  1. noun
    a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
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    types:
    oración interrogativa
    a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
    repregunta
    a question asked in cross-examination
  2. noun
    addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
    synonyms: oratoria
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    declamación
    vehement oratory
    diatriba, filípica, invectiva
    a speech of violent denunciation
    arenga, filípica, perorata, prédica, soflama
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
    desvarío
    declaiming wildly
    type of:
    alocución, discurso
    the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
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