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decir por decir

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
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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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
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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