Translation of "oclusiva" into English

Al explicar las oclusivas a la clase, el profesor de lingüística acabó cubierto de saliva en un instante.

Upon explaining plosives to his class, the linguistics teacher instantly became covered in spit.

Noté una cierta oclusiva glotal en tus diptongos.

I noticed there was a glottal quality to the occlusion of your diphthongs.