dizer

Meaning

1. (transitive) to say
2. (transitive) to say
3. (transitive) to say
4. (transitive) to discern; to tell, to distinguish
5. (transitive) to mean

Hyphenated as

di‧zer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dizer, from Latin dīcere, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”). Compare Galician dicir.

Sentences

E por que dizer isso ?

And why say that?

Não tenho nada a dizer .

I have nothing further to say.

Não é ?, não é isso que eu quero dizer .

That's not what I mean.

É melhor não dizer nada .

You'd better not say anything.

Vamos dizer a ela como ela se parece ?

Shall we tell her what she looks like?

Você tem que dizer que não sabia de nada ?

You have to say you didn't know anything?

Não havia nada a dizer .

There warn’t anything to say.

Venha , e eles vão te dizer .

Come, and they'll tell you.