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dictate

UK: /dɪkˈteɪt/ US: /ˈ--/ [dictated, dictating]

Translation

v [t, i]
dictar
The teacher dictated some exercises to her pupils
La profesora dictó unos ejercicios a sus alumnos
v [t]
decidir
dictar
constr. to dictate + interrogativa indirecta
to dictate to sb
(Definition of dictate vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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