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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
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decir por decir loc verb (sin tener razones)be pointless to keep talking v expr
  be just empty words expr
 Si no concretamos el día y la hora de la cena, es decir por decir.
 If we don't set a time and date for dinner, it's pointless to keep talking.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
SpanishEnglish
por decir expr (sólo por hablar)for example expr
 –¿Qué hago de comer? Y no me digas "no sé". –Pues pizza, por decir algo.
por decirlo así,
por así decirlo,
por así decir expr		 (expresa una idea aproximada)so to speak expr
  in a manner of speaking expr
 Pablo me hablaba como si no me conociera; como si estuviera atontado, por decirlo así.
 Pablo spoke to me as if he didn't know me; as if he was in a daze, so to speak.
por no decir loc adv (si no es que)not to say v expr
  if not conj
  not least expr
 Llegar a tiempo es muy difícil, por no decir imposible.
 Arriving on time is very difficult, not to say impossible.
 Arriving on time is very difficult, if not impossible.
 Arriving on time is very difficult, not least impossible.
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