tell

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

decir

🗣️

contar

🔢

narrar

manifestar

relatar

informar

comunicar

mandar

avisar

ordenar

explicar

anunciar

distinguir

enterar

revelar

referir

expresar

describir

advertir

divulgar

encargar

mencionar

hablar

🗣️

notificar

asegurar

confesar

articular

comentar

diferenciar

pronunciar

enseñar

aleccionar

apercibir

devengar

evidenciar

formular

frasear

hacer saber

impartir

noticiar

presagiar

propalar

reportar

tener el propósito

dar a conocer

relatar a muchos

anoticiar

anunciarse

dar noticia

aceptar

🉑

Sinónimos

say

🗣️

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

Traducciones

dire

🗣️

raconter

erzählen

dire

sagen

🗣️

raccontare

dizer

🗣️

söylemek

🗣️

vertellen

parler

🗣️

anlatmak

narrare

contar

dir

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Pronunciado como (IPA)

/tɛl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: tellen

Heredado de inglés antiguo: tellan

Cognado con Saterfriesisch: tälle

Cognado con frisón occidental: telle

Cognado con frisón occidental: fertelle

Cognado con neerlandés: tellen

Cognado con neerlandés: vertellen

Cognado con bajo alemán: tellen

Cognado con alemán: zählen

Cognado con feroés: 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.

Oraciones

What did I tell you ?

¿Qué te dije?

And will I tell Ray !

¡Y lo diré a 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 ?

¿Por qué más le diría a su principal rival que se prepare para una carrera?

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

Siéntate en la percha y dile a los demás qué hacer.