Meanings (ES + gloss)
aleccionamiento • charla • clase • conferencia • lección • lectivo • plática
A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
During class today the professor delivered an interesting lecture.
The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on th…
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
aleccionar • dictar • impartir
To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
The professor lectured to two classes this morning.
amonestar • dar lecciones • reprehender • sermonear
To preach, to berate, to scold.
Emily's father lectured her about the importance of being home before midnight.
The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, i…
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