No. 580 in Dutch
sprak
"Sprak" is the past tense of "spreken," meaning "spoke" in English.
In a sentence
Hij sprak duidelijk en langzaam tijdens de presentatie.
He spoke clearly and slowly during the presentation.
Here, 'sprak' is the past tense of 'spreken', meaning 'to speak' in Dutch, and it's used to depict an action of speaking that happened in the past.
Ze sprak haar waardering uit voor het harde werk van haar team.
She expressed her appreciation for her team's hard work.
'Sprak' here acts as a part of the phrasal verb 'sprak uit', where 'uit' modifies the verb 'sprak', together forming 'to express' in the past.
Toen hij binnenkwam, sprak zijn gezicht boekdelen.
When he entered, his face spoke volumes.
In this case, 'sprak' is used in a figurative sense to denote that someone's facial expression communicated a lot without words.
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