acto verbal
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌaɡto beɾˈbal/ [ˌaɣ̞.t̪o β̞eɾˈβ̞al]
- Syllabification: ac‧to ver‧bal
Noun
acto verbal m (plural actos verbales)
- speech act
- Synonym: acto de habla
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Further reading
- “acto verbal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025