dije

(Inglese)

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decir

Frequenza

A1
Con il trattino come
di‧je
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈdixe/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Derived from dije (“I said”), an inflection of the verb decir. The intermediate senses appear to have been 'tall tale, gossip' → 'trifle, thingy' → 'trinket'. Cf. the noun chisme, which has all of these senses.

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