decimos

say, we say


Verb decimos

  1. First-person plural (nosotros, nosotras) present indicative form of decir.

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Examples
  • Sí, en Osaka también decimos "idiot" cuando estamos insultando a alguien.

    Yes, in Osaka too we say "idiot" when we are insulting someone.

  • 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.

  • Lo que decimos a menudo es muy diferente de lo que queremos decir.

    What we say and what we mean are often quite different.

  • Deberíamos ser cuidadosos con lo que decimos.

    We should be careful what we say.

  • A ese color le decimos "azul medianoche".

    We call that color "midnight blue".

  • Pero estoy seguro de que para avanzar tenemos que decir abiertamente las cosas que guardamos en nuestros corazones, y que demasiado a menudo sólo decimos tras puertas cerradas.

    But I am convinced that in order to move forward, we must say openly the things we hold in our hearts, and that too often are said only behind closed doors.

  • Pero la primera cosa que decimos es "hola".

    But the first thing we say is "hello."

  • Pensar lo que no sentimos es mentirnos a nosotros mismos, de la misma manera que mentimos a otros cuando decimos lo que no pensamos.

    To think what we do not feel is to lie to ourselves, in the same way that we lie to others when we say what we do not think.

  • A veces decimos: "El sentido común es muy poco común".

    We sometimes say: "Common sense is quite uncommon."


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