"talk to oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-talk to oneself.ogg [Australia] Forms: talks to oneself [present, singular, third-person], talking to oneself [participle, present], talked to oneself [participle, past], talked to oneself [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} talk to oneself (third-person singular simple present talks to oneself, present participle talking to oneself, simple past and past participle talked to oneself)
  1. (idiomatic) To say one's thoughts aloud, particularly while also not conversing with anyone else. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: say to oneself Related terms: hear oneself think, self-talk Translations (to converse with oneself): 自言自語 (Chinese Mandarin), 自言自语 (zìyánzìyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), tegen zichzelf praten (Dutch), in zichzelf praten (Dutch), puhua itsekseen (Finnish), puhella itsekseen (Finnish), parler tout seul (French), parler aux anges (French), parler dans le vide (French), mit sich selbst reden (German), Selbstgespräche halten (German), Selbstgespräche führen (German), magában beszél (Hungarian), parlare da solo/soli (Italian), pātīhau (Maori), kōrero rākau (Maori), murakehu (Maori), vorbi singur (Romanian), разгова́ривать с сами́м собо́й (razgovárivatʹ s samím sobój) (Russian), hablar solo (Spanish), hablar para sí (Spanish), hablar para sus adentros (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-talk_to_oneself-en-verb-DEwBet~W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (to)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to converse with oneself",
          "word": "magában beszél"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to converse with oneself",
          "word": "parlare da solo/soli"
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      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "自言自語"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "自言自语"
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      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "tegen zichzelf praten"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "in zichzelf praten"
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      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
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      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
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      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
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      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "parler aux anges"
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      "word": "parler dans le vide"
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      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "mit sich selbst reden"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "Selbstgespräche halten"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "Selbstgespräche führen"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "magában beszél"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "parlare da solo/soli"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "pātīhau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "kōrero rākau"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "murakehu"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "vorbi singur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razgovárivatʹ s samím sobój",
      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "разгова́ривать с сами́м собо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "hablar solo"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to converse with oneself",
      "word": "hablar para sí"
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      "word": "hablar para sus adentros"
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