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decía

/deˈθia/, [d̪eˈθi.a]

he said, said

Examples

  • No pude entender lo que él decía.

    I couldn't understand what he was saying.

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  • Recibió un telegrama que decía que su madre había muerto.

    He received a telegram saying that his mother had died.

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  • Después de recibir un fuerte impacto en la cabeza, el hombre solo decía incoherencias.

    After receiving a hefty blow to the head, the man spoke only gibberish.

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  • ¿Qué decía el viejo?

    What was the geezer saying?

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  • Entendí lo que ella decía.

    I got what she was saying.

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  • Eres aún más linda de lo que Tom decía.

    You're even prettier than Tom said you were.

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  • Estaba a punto de dormirse cuando oyó que alguien decía su nombre.

    He was about to fall asleep, when he heard his name called.

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  • Mientras yo hablaba, él no decía nada.

    While I was speaking, he said nothing.

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  • No tuve más opción que hacer lo que Tom me decía que haga.

    I had no choice but to do what Tom told me to do.

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  • Tom decía que tenía prisa.

    Tom said that he was in a hurry.

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  • Fue tan tonto como para creerse lo que ella decía.

    He was foolish enough to believe what she said.

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  • Pitágoras decía que había recibido como regalo de Mercurio la transmigración perpetua de su alma, para que ella pudiera transmigrar constantemente por toda clase de plantas y animales.

    Pythagoras used to say that he had received as a gift from Mercury the perpetual transmigration of his soul, so that it was constantly transmigrating and passing into all sorts of plants or animals.

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  • No tuve que abrir la carta. Sabía exactamente lo que decía.

    I didn't have to open the letter. I knew exactly what it said.

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  • Se decía que esa dama era una actriz.

    It was said that that lady was an actress.

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  • Mi madre decía a menudo que ella estaba orgullosa de mí.

    Mother often said that she was proud of me.

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