decir

🗣️

Meaning

1. to say, to tell
2. to suggest
3. to show; to demonstrate
4. to call; to name
5. (reflexive) to be said, to say (when a specific subject is not identified)
6. to declare

lecture on

see como quien dice

see como si dijéramos

see es decir

see mejor dicho

see por decirlo así

see por mejor decir

see querer dec

embrass

declare oneself

tener el propósito

darle en el punto

anoticiar

anunciarse

dar noticia

veerbalizar

montar

asuntar

mediar palabra

charlar o chocarrear

Frequency

Hyphenated as

de‧cir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/deˈθiɾ/

Inherited from Old Spanish

dezir

Inherited from Latin

dīcō

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish dezir, from Latin dīcere, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”).

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Sentences

Eso es todo lo que quería decir
🗣️

.

That is what I wished to say.

Se puede decir
🗣️

que el álbum salió al mercado , por un
🅰️

accidente .

It can be said that the album went on the market, by accident.

Pero no
🚫

podemos decir
🗣️

lo mismo de los barcos anteriores .

But we can't say the same about previous ships.

Es decir la enterraron con vida .

That is, they buried her alive.

Su nombre , de origen latino , significaː " El que dirige ", es decir , " director .

His name, of Latin origin, means "He who directs", that is, "director.

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