Meanings (ES + gloss)
charla • parloteo
Idle talk; senseless prattle
This is mere moral babble.
balbuceo • jerigonza
Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
[M]an has an instinctive tendency to speak, as we see in the babble of our young children; whilst no child has an instinctive tendency to brew, bake, or write.
gorjeo
A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
[T]he babble of the stream / Fell, and without the steady glare / Shrank the sick olive sere and small.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
farfullar • mascullar
To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
The men were babbling, so we couldn't make sense of anything.
chacharear • charlar • charlatanear • charlotear • parlotear
To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
Radical rather than rhetorical, babble like an oracle
She babbled on for hours about the importance of some new gadget.
murmurar • susurrar
To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.
Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
In every babbling brook he finds a friend.