tell

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
2. (ditransitive, transitive) To narrate, to recount.
3. (ditransitive, transitive) To convey by speech; to say.
4. (transitive) To instruct or inform.
5. (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
6. (intransitive, transitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
7. (transitive) To reveal.
8. (intransitive) To be revealed.
9. (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
10. (transitive) To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
11. (childish, intransitive) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
12. (intransitive) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement — contrasted with show.

Noun

1. A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
2. (informal) A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
3. (archaic) That which is told; a tale or account.
4. (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.

Noun

A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

Conceptes

dir

🗣️

explicar

contar

narrar

parlar

🗣️

manar

ordenar

descriure

encarregar

relatar

revelar

significar

adonar

comentar

enunciar

manifestar

divulgar

notificar

instruir

entrar en els detalls

diferenciar

advertir

tenir el propòsit de

afirmar

assegurar

comunicar

distingir

ensenyar

expressar

fer comandes

informar

Sinònims

say

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speak

🗣️

inform

narrate

relate

talk

🗣️

order

recount

report

announce

declare

communicate

recite

state

explain

utter

notify

command

express

pronounce

reveal

show

describe

make known

convey

instruct

mention

ask

enjoin

warn

proclaim

indicate

impart

expound

divulge

distinguish

disclose

direct

teach

chat

let know

apprise

mean

give

speak to

enlighten

assure

advise

dictate

discuss

Traduccions

dire

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raconter

erzählen

dire

sagen

🗣️

decir

🗣️

raccontare

dizer

🗣️

contar

🔢

söylemek

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parler

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vertellen

anlatmak

narrare

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/tɛl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: tellen

Heretat de anglès antic: tellan

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: tälle

Cognat amb frisó occidental: telle

Cognat amb frisó occidental: fertelle

Cognat amb neerlandès: tellen

Cognat amb neerlandès: vertellen

Cognat amb baix alemany: tellen

Cognat amb alemany: zählen

Cognat amb feroès: telja

In summary

From Middle English tellen (“to count, tell”), from Old English tellan (“to count, tell”), from Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną, *talzijaną (“to count, enumerate”), from Proto-Germanic *talą, *talǭ (“number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian tälle (“to say; tell”), West Frisian telle (“to count”), West Frisian fertelle (“to tell, narrate”), Dutch tellen (“to count”) and Dutch vertellen (“to tell”), Low German tellen (“to count”), German zählen, Faroese telja. More at tale.

Frases

What did I tell you ?

And will I tell Ray !

As we can tell the bird by its singing , we can tell the person by its ideas .

Just tell them Marge sent you .

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?

Sit on the perch and tell the others what to do .