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por decir

Principal Translations
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.

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Compound Forms:
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.
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.

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