decir
Translation
v.
›
⇨ to say
■ constr. Se usa generalmente seguido de las preposiciones to y about. Se dice: She said to me he would be late - Me dijo que él llegaría tarde. Incorrecto: She said me he would be lateMe dijo que Peter me había llamado She said to me Peter had phoned me
Lo que tú digas Whatever you say
⇨ to tell
■ constr. 1. to tell + (that) 2. to tell + to do sth 3. to tell + dos objetos. Se construye sin preposiciónMi hermana me dijo que debería visitar su nuevo piso My sister told me that I should visit her new flat
› (expresar)
⇨ to put
No sé cómo decirlo I don't know how to put it
⇨ to read
›decir la hora
to tell the time
›decir la verdad
to tell the truth
›decir palabrotas
to swear
›decir algo públicamente
to go public
› (dar una orden)
⇨ to tell
Mi padre me dijo que no cantara en la mesa My father told me not to sing at the table
› (sí o no)
⇨ to say
Dije que sí a la propuesta I said yes to the proposal
Dile que no a tu amigo Say no to your friend
› (rectificar)
⇨ to mean
Carol, digo Caroline Carol, I mean Caroline
› (aludir)No lo digo por ti
I'm not referring to you
como se suele decir
⇨ to coin a phrase
¡diga!
⇨ hello!
digamos...
⇨ let's say...
digas lo que digas
⇨ whatever you may say
el qué dirán
⇨ what people will say
es decir
⇨ i.e.
⇨ that is to say
No estaré aquí mañana, es decir, mañana estaré de vacaciones I will not be here tomorrow, that is to say, tomorrow I will be on holidays
⇨ namely form
ni que decir tiene
⇨ needless to say
⇨ it goes without saying
¡no me digas!
⇨ surely not!
⇨ you don't say!
querer decir
⇨ to mean
¿Qué quiere decir esto? What does this mean?
se dice que...
⇨ they say that...
sin decir nada
⇨ without a word
ya te digo
⇨ tell me about it!
⇨ you bet!
y que lo digas
⇨ you can say that again inform
(Definition of decir v. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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