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

Concepts

say

🗣️

tell

speak

🗣️

utter

talk

🗣️

show

express

state

articulate

enunciate

convey

mean

pronounce

chat

demonstrate

manifest

phrase

report

vocalise

vocalize

communicate

evince

express oneself

fit

formulate

give

give away

go

gossip

harbinger

herald

hold back

impart

indicate

inform

intend

mouth

narrate

notify

posit

present

prophesy

propose

purport

put

put forward

read

📖

refrain

render

reveal

Synonyms

falar

🗣️

pronunciar

proferir

manifestar

contar

expressar

demonstrar

articular

propor

provar

formular

declarar

certificar

pretender

recontar

representar

revelar

significar

supor

tender

apontar

verbalizar

asseverar

atestar

comunicar

conversar

🗣️

declinar

divulgar

exprimir

indicar

mandar

narrar

palavra

pedir

Translations

dire

🗣️

decir

🗣️

sagen

🗣️

dire

zeggen

🗣️

söylemek

🗣️

dir

🗣️

manifestar

spreken

🗣️

parler

🗣️

قال

🗣️

λέω

sprechen

🗣️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: dico

Cognate with Galician: dicir

In summary

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

Não havia nada a dizer .

There warn’t anything to say.

Eu deveria dizer não .

I should say no.

Venha , e eles vão te dizer .

Come, and they'll tell you.

Ouvi dizer que ele vai trabalhar desta vez .

I heard he's going to work this time.

Como se atreve a dizer algo assim ?

How dare you say something like that?

Mas você se importaria de me dizer quem sai ?

But would you mind telling me who leaves?