| Principal Translations |
| decir⇒ vtr | (articular, pronunciar) | say⇒ vtr |
| | Luis entró, dijo tres palabras sin sentido y se fue. |
| | Luis came in, said three meaningless words, then left. |
| decir vtr | (expresar con palabras) ([sth] to [sb]) | say⇒ vtr |
| | ([sb] about [sth]) | tell⇒ vtr |
| | «¡Venid a merendar!», dijo la madre. |
| | No digas mentiras, niño. |
| | "Come have a bite to eat," said the mother. |
| decir vtr | (opinar algo) | say⇒ vtr |
| | Dice que no le gusta la música moderna. |
| | He says he doesn't like modern music. |
| decir vtr | (texto: contener algo) | say⇒ vtr |
| | La carta decía que Teresa estaba embarazada. |
| | El letrero dice «entrada». |
| | The letter says Theresa is pregnant. |
| decirse algo v prnl | (hablar consigo mismo) | say to yourself, tell yourself v expr |
| | Me dije que debía aprovechar la ocasión. |
| | I told myself that I should take advantage of the occasion. |
| decirse⇒ v prnl | (expresarse en un idioma) | say⇒ vi |
| | ¿Cómo se dice «coche» en inglés? |
| | En portugués, «buenos días» se dice «bom dia». |
| | How do you say "coche" in English? |
| decirse vtr | (hablarse, opinarse) (US) | be said, be rumored v expr |
| | Se dice que es mejor vivir en ciudad pequeña que grande. |
| | It is said that living in a small city is better than in a large one. |
| decirse v prnl | (hacerse llamar) | call yourself v expr |
| | | go by the name of v expr |
| | Tuitear: dícese de la forma de comunicarse en menos de 140 caracteres. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. She calls herself "Goldilocks" because of her flowing golden hair. |
Compound Forms:
dicho | decir |
| como dice el dicho loc adv | (uso de sabiduría popular) | as the saying goes adv |
| | Como dice el dicho, más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando. |
| dejar dicho loc verb | (avisar con antelación) | let [sth] be said v expr |
| | Quiero dejar algo dicho antes de irme de vacaciones. |
| dejar dicho loc verb | (antes de irse) | say⇒, express⇒ vtr |
| | Dejó dicho que volvería en una hora. |
| dejar dicho loc verb | (orden) | tell⇒, express⇒ vtr |
| | El jefe dejó dicho que respondamos todos sus correos. |
| del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho expr | informal (importan los hechos, no las palabras) | easier said than done expr |
| | | I'll believe it when I see it expr |
| | | it's all talk and no action expr |
| | Las promesas de los candidatos no me animan: del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho. |
| | The promises of the candidates don't convince me: easier said than done. |
| | The promises of the candidates don't convince me: I'll believe it when I see it. |
| dicho de otro modo loc conj | (en otras palabras) | in other words expr |
| | | expressed differently adj + adv |
| | Dicho de otro modo, no te quiero volver a ver. |
| | In other words, I don't want to see you again. |
| dicho esto expr | (y ahora) | with that said, that said expr |
| | | with that being said, that being said expr |
| | (past) | having said this, having said that expr |
| | Dicho esto, empezamos con la reunión. |
| | That said, we started with the meeting. |
| dicho lo anterior expr | formal (y ahora) | with that said, that said expr |
| | | with that being said, that being said expr |
| | (past) | having said this, having said that expr |
| | Dicho lo anterior, es hora de comenzar. |
| | With that said, it is time to begin. |
| dicho lo cual expr | (y ahora) | with that said, that said expr |
| | | with that being said, that being said expr |
| | (past) | having said this, having said that expr |
| | Dicho lo cual procederemos con la conferencia. |
| | With that said, we proceeded with the conference. |
| dicho sea de paso expr | (aprovechar la ocasión) | incidentally interj |
| | | by the way interj |
| | Dicho sea de paso, quienes no hayan pagado por favor háganlo. |
| | Incidentally, those who have not paid, please do so. |
| dicho y hecho expr | (tal como se había predicho) | no sooner said than done expr |
| | Dicho y hecho, María se casó con Pablo. |
| | No sooner said than done, Maria married Pablo. |
| estar en lo dicho loc verb | (reafirmarse en algo) | stand by what's been said, stand by your word v expr |
| | | keep your word v expr |
| | Estoy en lo dicho: ese joven no me agrada y no pienso cambiar de opinión. |
| | I stand by my word: I don't like that young man and I won't change my opinion. |
| haberlo dicho antes loc verb | (avisar con antelación) | if you had said so earlier v expr |
| | | if you had said so before v expr |
| | (question) | why didn't you say so? v expr |
| | (exclamation) | that's all you had to say! v expr |
| | Haberlo dicho antes y no compraba otra botella. |
| | If you had said so earlier I wouldn't have bought another bottle. |
| haberlo dicho todo loc verb | (en una discusión) | have said enough v expr |
| | No hace falta que sigas hablando, ya me lo has dicho todo. |
| | You don't need to keep talking, because you have said enough. |
| haberlo dicho todo loc verb | (tema agotado) | be nothing left to say v expr |
| | | have nothing left to say v expr |
| | Cambiemos de tema, ya lo hemos dicho todo. |
| | Let's change the subject, because there is nothing left to say. |
| he dicho loc interj | (orden) | end of discussion, and that's it expr |
| | (UK) | full stop interj |
| | (US) | period interj |
| | (literary) | I have spoken expr |
| | ¡No vas a ir a la fiesta he dicho! |
| | You are not going to the party, end of discussion (or: and that's it)! |
| lo dicho expr | (lo mismo) (colloquial) | whatever interj |
| | Lo dicho, que no quiero salir y es definitivo. |
| | Whatever. I don't want to go out and that's the end of it. |
| mejor dicho loc adv | (puntualización) | or rather expr |
| | | or to put it another way expr |
| | | in other words expr |
| | | indeed interj |
| | Eres muy bueno en tu trabajo; mejor dicho, eres el mejor. |
| | You're very good at your work; or rather, you're the best. |
| por todo lo dicho loc adv | (por eso) | therefore adv |
| | | in light of the above expr |
| | Por todo lo dicho creo que lo mejor es separarnos. |
| | Therefore I think that it's best that we separate. |
| | In light of the above, I think that its best that we separate. |
| propiamente dicho loc adv | (exactamente) | strictly speaking adv + gerund |
| | | in the strict sense adv |
| | | itself pron |
| | ¡Por fin un día de verano propiamente dicho! |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. I wouldn't say it was a practical course, strictly speaking. |
| queda dicho expr | (ya he avisado) | you've been warned v expr |
| | | it has been said v expr |
| | Queda dicho que mañana no habrá clases. |
| | You've been warned that there won't be any classes tomorrow. |
| retirar lo dicho loc verb | (retractarse, desdecirse) | take back your words v expr |
| | (formal) | retract your words v expr |
| | (retract and explain) | walk back your words, walk your words back v expr |
| | Retiro lo dicho; disculpa si te ofendí. |
| todo sea dicho expr | (para no callar nada) | I must say v expr |
| | | let it all be said, let it all be told v expr |
| | | [sth] must be said v expr |
| | | all told expr |
| | Todo sea dicho, la verdad es que nos parece que no estás haciendo un buen trabajo, Mariana. |
| | I must say, the truth is that it seems to us you aren't doing a good job, Mariana. |
| y he dicho basta loc adv | (se acabó) | enough is enough expr |
| ya está dicho expr | (ya quedó claro) (UK) | it's all over bar the shouting v expr |
| | (US) | it's all over but the shouting v expr |
| | | there's nothing more to say v expr |
| | | it's all been said before v expr |
| | Ya está dicho: la ganadora del concurso de poesía es Diana. |
| | It's all over bar the shouting: the winner of the poetry contest is Diana. |
| ya todo está dicho loc adv | (se acabó) (UK) | it's all over bar the shouting v expr |
| | (US) | it's all over but the shouting v expr |
| | | there's nothing more to say v expr |
| | | it's all been said before v expr |
| | Aunque las elecciones fueron ayer y ya todo está dicho, este candidato sigue insultando a sus oponentes. |
| | Although the elections were yesterday and it's all over bar the shouting, this candidate continues to insult his opponents. |