Telling Spanish expressions
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The Spanish verb decir, “to say” or “to tell,” is found in many essential and idiomatic expressions, including to talk for the sake of taking, to mean, and by the way. Learn these and dozens of other Spanish expressions featuring decir.
Decir translations
- to say
- to tell
- to ask (informal)
- to go with, match
- to show, indicate, reveal
Decir expressions
decir a alguien | (informal) | to be named | |
decir de todo a alquien | (informal) | to call someone every name under the sun | |
decir digo donde dijo Diego | to talk back what one said | ||
decir entre sí | to say to oneself | ||
decir para sí | to say to oneself | ||
decir que no/sí | to say no/yes | ||
decir la hora | to tell time, to say what time it is | ||
decir por decir | to talk for the sake of talking | ||
dar que decir (a la gente) | to make people talk, provide gossip fodder | ||
es decir | that is to say, I mean | ||
es mucho decir | that's saying a lot | ||
me permito decir que | I'd venture to say that | ||
ni que decir tiene que… | it goes without saying that… | ||
no hay más que decir | there's nothing more to say | ||
no hay que decir que… | it goes without saying that… | ||
no sé que decir | I don't know what to say | ||
no hay para qué decir | of course | ||
o por mejor decir | or rather, in other words | ||
querer decir | to mean | ||
ya es decir | that's saying a lot | ||
¿Cómo diríamos? ¿Cómo dijera yo? |
How shall I put it? | ||
¿Cómo has dicho? | Pardon? What did you say? | ||
como quien dice | so to speak, in a way | ||
como quien no dice nada | casually | ||
¿Cómo se dice …? | How do you say …? | ||
como si dijéramos | so to speak, in a way | ||
Decía… | As I was saying… | ||
¿Decía Ud.? | What were you saying? | ||
dicho de otra manera | in other words | ||
dicho sea de paso | by the way | ||
Dicho y hecho. | No sooner said than done. | ||
¡Diga!, ¡Dígame! | (phone) | Hello? | |
digamos | say, sort of, for lack of a better word | ||
digámoslo así | so to speak | ||
digan lo que digan | whatever they may say | ||
digo… | (Mexico) | well, uh | |
¿Digo algo? | Did I say something? | ||
¡Digo, digo! | Hey! Wait a minute! | ||
Dime con quien andas y te diré quien eres. | Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are. | ||
dirás aquel otro | you must mean the other one | ||
el qué dirán | public opinion | ||
Eso digo. | That's what I'm saying. | ||
¡haberlo dicho! | You might have told me! | ||
¡Lo dicho dicho! | I stand by what I said! | ||
¡Lo que he dicho! | I stand by what I said! | ||
mejor dicho | rather, I mean | ||
no es para dicho | it's not fit to be told | ||
no lo digo por tí | I'm not talking about you | ||
¡No me digas! | You don't say! | ||
no quiso por el qué dirán | he didn't want to for fear of what people would say | ||
pero digo/dice mal | but I am/he is wrong to say | ||
por decirlo así | so to speak | ||
que digamos | what you could call | ||
¡Quién lo diría! | Can you believe it?! | ||
¡Si te lo digo yo! | Yes it's true! | ||
tragarse lo dicho | to eat one's words | ||
Ud. dirá | it's for you to say; say "when" | ||
ya me dirás | tell me your side of it | ||
y dice bien | and he is right | ||
y no digamos de | not to mention | ||
¡Y que lo digas! | You can say that again! | ||
decirse | to be named | ||
como aquel se dice | so to speak | ||
¿Cómo se dice…? | How do you say…? | ||
eso se dice en seguida | that's easier said than done | ||
no se diga que | never let it be said that | ||
no se diría eso | that could not be said | ||
se dice | it is said, they say | ||
se diría que | it seems, one would say | ||
se me ha dicho que | I've been told that | ||
y no se diga | not to mention | ||
un decir | saying, witty remark | ||
a decir de todos | by all accounts | ||
al decir de | according to | ||
es un decir | it's just an expression |
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