decir

/deˈθiɾ/, [d̪eˈθiɾ]

say, tell


Examples
  • ¿Quién puede decir lo que pasará en el futuro?

    Who can tell what will happen in the future?

  • A decir verdad, ella es mi prima.

    To tell the truth, she is my cousin.

  • Si tienes un problema con alguien, díselo en su cara en lugar de decir cosas a su espalda.

    If you have a bone to pick with a person, tell it to his face instead of saying things behind his back.

  • Sabía que me era mejor no decir nada.

    I knew that it was better for me to say nothing.

  • ¡Te lo acabo de decir!

    I told you before!

  • ¿Me pueden decir por qué rechazaron su oferta?

    Would you tell me why you have refused their offer?

  • No hace falta decir que fumar es malo para la salud.

    It goes without saying that smoking is bad for the health.

  • Tomás no sabe decir la hora todavía.

    Tom can't tell time yet.

  • Tom entendió lo que María quería decir.

    Tom understood what Mary meant.

  • Yo no puedo entender qué es lo que él está tratando de decir.

    I can't understand what he is trying to say.

  • No te lo voy a decir.

    I'm not going to tell you.

  • Él colgó antes de que pudiera decir nada.

    He hung up before I could say anything.

  • Él no tenía nada que decir, así que se retiró.

    He had nothing to say, so he withdrew.

  • Tom nunca ha oído a Mary decir una mentira.

    Tom has never heard Mary tell a lie.

  • Todo lo que es demasiado estúpido para decir se canta.

    Everything too stupid to say is sung.

  • Decí lo que querés decir.

    Say what you want to say.

  • Bienvenidos, prisioneros... Quiero decir, invitados.

    Welcome, prisoners... I mean, guests.

  • Si no tenés nada que decir, no digas nada.

    If you don't have anything to say, don't say anything.

  • Tom no sabía qué más decir.

    Tom didn't know what else to say.

  • Cuando decimos que un lenguaje se transmite culturalmente - es decir, que es aprendido en vez de heredado - queremos decir que forma parte de todo ese complejo de conducta aprendida y compartida que los antropólogos llaman cultura.

    When we say that a language is culturally transmitted - that is, that it is learned rather than inherited - we mean that it is part of that whole complex of learned and shared behavior that anthropologists call culture.


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