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voice-act en · VERB

Etymology

Back-formation from voice acting or voice actor.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To act as a voice actor; to provide one’s voice.
   • She has also voice-acted in several children’s movies and cartoons, including Kung Fu Sock, The Fruitties Are Back and The Angry Birds Movie 2. 2024 June 6, Inga Parkel, “JoJo Siwa takes on dramatic role in new horror movie premiering at Tribeca Film Festival”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2024:
   • The star also voice-acted in many video games, such as World of Warcraft: Legion, Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition and Diablo III. 2025 March 12, Heidi Parker, “Dave Mallow dead at 76: Power Rangers star passes away 'while in hospice care'”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2025:
   • Having never voice-acted in this manner before, she said the experience was “incredible,” even though she was “way out of [her] comfort zone.” 2020 March 9, Tre'vell Anderson, “How Shakina Nayfack used her voice to reclaim trans representation in animation”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2020:
2. (transitive) To provide one’s voice for (something).
   • I’m Morgan Freeman and I voice-acted this message. 2016 February 19, Morgan Freeman, quotee, “Sanders and Clinton hold final rallies ahead of Nevada primary – as it happened”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025:
   • The game, including the telenovela, is fully voice-acted by a large cast of actors. 2024 April 15, Rollo Romig, “A Video Game Made Out of Brick, Clay and Tenacity”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2024:
   • You’re never far away from a cliche when you’re dealing with cavemen, and though Morrison labors mightily I got some unintentional laughs out of some of the LET US CALL HIM MAN OF BATS! dialogue. (It didn’t help that I voice-acted it internally in the style of Ringo Starr in CAVEMAN. But still.) 2010 May 13, TIME Staff, quoting Lev Grossman, “The Comic Book Club: The Return of Bruce Wayne”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025:

Forms

Translations (2)

es actuar vocalmente (Translations) · es actuar con la voz (Translations)