mouth

boca

Abertura de la cara que se usa para comer y hablar.

En inglés sencillo: The opening in your face that you use to eat and speak.

• Open your mouth, please.
• She covered her mouth when she coughed.
• He had food in his mouth.

Expresiones frecuentes: open your mouth, close your mouth, mouth full, mouth of something

desembocadura

Lugar donde un río vierte sus aguas al mar, a un lago o a otro río.

En inglés sencillo: The place where a river flows into the sea, a lake, or another river.

• We camped near the river mouth.
• A bridge crosses the mouth of the bay’s largest river.
• Sand had collected at the mouth of the stream.

Cómo se usa: the mouth of a river (Fishing boats gathered near the mouth of the river.)

Sinónimos: outlet

Expresiones frecuentes: river mouth, mouth of something

decir sin sonido, articular sin sonido

Mover los labios formando palabras, pero sin emitir ningún sonido.

En inglés sencillo: To move your lips to form words without making a sound.

• She mouthed my name.
• He mouthed the words through the window.
• They were mouthing answers to each other.

Cómo se usa: mouth something to someone (She mouthed a warning to me.)

Expresiones frecuentes: mouth the words, mouth something to someone

llevarse a la boca

Sujetar o tocar algo con los labios o los dientes sin comérselo.

En inglés sencillo: To hold or touch something with your lips or teeth without eating it.

• The puppy mouthed my hand gently.
• The baby was mouthing a soft toy.
• A fish mouthed the bait but did not swallow it.

Expresiones frecuentes: mouth a toy, mouth the lure, mouth something gently

pronunciar, decir

Decir palabras, a menudo sin pensarlas mucho o sin sentirlas de verdad.

En inglés sencillo: To say words, often without much thought or feeling.

• He mouthed a familiar slogan.
• The speaker mouthed promises that nobody believed.
• She kept mouthing the same tired phrases.

Sinónimos: utter, say

Expresiones frecuentes: mouth empty promises, mouth a slogan, mouth the words