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say meaning in Swedish

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say [said, said, saying, says] (imperative: let's say)
verb
[UK: ˈseɪ]
[US: ˈseɪ]

låt oss sägaverb

låt sägaverb

ponera [~de ~t]verb

say [said, said, saying, says] (to indicate in a written form)
verb
[UK: ˈseɪ]
[US: ˈseɪ]

ståverb

say [said, said, saying, says] verb
[UK: ˈseɪ]
[US: ˈseɪ]

säga [sade vard. sa, sagt, sagd sagt, pres. säger vard. säjer]verb

say goodbye (wish someone farewell upon their leaving)
verb
[UK: ˈseɪ ˌɡʊd.ˈbaɪ]
[US: ˈseɪ ˌɡʊd.ˈbaɪ]

ta farvälverb

say grace (say a prayer of thanks)
verb
[UK: ˈseɪ ɡreɪs]
[US: ˈseɪ ˈɡreɪs]

be bordsbönverb

say what phrase

ursäkta ~de ~tphrase

saying [sayings] (proverb or maxim)
noun
[UK: ˈseɪ.ɪŋ]
[US: ˈseɪ.ɪŋ]

ordspråk [~et ~]substantiv
{n}

ordstäv [~et ~]substantiv
{n}

before you can say knife phrase

innan man vet ordet avphrase

doomsayer [doomsayers] (one who predicts doom)
noun
[UK: ˌduːm.ˈseɪə(r)]
[US: ˌduːm.ˈseɪər]

domedagsprofet [~en ~er]substantiv
{c}

essay [essays] (written composition)
noun
[UK: e.ˈseɪ]
[US: e.ˈseɪ]

essäsubstantiv
{c}
I have to write an essay. = Jag måste skriva en essä.

uppsats [~en ~er]substantiv
{c}
I got an A on my essay. = Jag fick A på min uppsats.

essayist [essayists] (one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions)
noun
[UK: ˈe.seɪɪst]
[US: ˈe.ˌse.ˌɪst]

essäförfattaresubstantiv
{c}

essäist [~en ~er]substantiv
{c}

gainsay [gainsaid, gainsaid, gainsaying, gainsays] (to contradict something said)
verb
[UK: ˌɡeɪn.ˈseɪ]
[US: ˈɡeɪn.ˌse]

bestrida [bestred, bestridit bestritt, bestriden bestridet bestridna bestridd bestritt, pres. bestrider]verb

förneka [~de ~t]verb

motsäga [~sade, ~sagt, ~sagd sagt, pres. ~säger]verb

gainsaying (contradiction)
noun
[UK: ˌɡeɪn.ˈseɪ.ɪŋ]
[US: ˌɡeɪn.ˈseɪ.ɪŋ]

motsägelse [~n ~r]substantiv
{c}

gainsaying (opposition)
noun
[UK: ˌɡeɪn.ˈseɪ.ɪŋ]
[US: ˌɡeɪn.ˈseɪ.ɪŋ]

gensaga [~n ~sagor]substantiv
{c}

gensägelse [~n ~r]substantiv
{c}

invändning [~en ~ar]substantiv
{c}

protest [~en ~er]substantiv
{c}

go without saying (to be obvious, apparent or clear)
verb
[UK: ɡəʊ wɪð.ˈaʊt ˈseɪ.ɪŋ]
[US: ˈɡoʊ wɪð.ˈaʊt ˈseɪ.ɪŋ]

der säger sig självtverb

det är underförståttverb

hearsay (information that was heard by one person about another)
noun
[UK: ˈhɪə.seɪ]
[US: ˈhɪr.ˌse]

hörsägen [~sägnen ~sägner]substantiv
{c}

how do you say … in English (request for translation into English)
phrase

hur säger man … på engelska?phrase

if you say so (conveying the speaker does not agree)
interjection

säger du det såinterjektion

never say die (do not despair)
interjection
[UK: ˈne.və(r) ˈseɪ daɪ]
[US: ˈne.vər ˈseɪ ˈdaɪ]

ge inte uppinterjektion

håll modet uppeinterjektion

never say never phrase
[UK: ˈne.və(r) ˈseɪ ˈne.və(r)]
[US: ˈne.vər ˈseɪ ˈne.vər]

man ska aldrig säga aldrigphrase

please say that again phrase

var vänlig och säg det där igenphrase

soothsayer [soothsayers] (one who predicts the future)
noun
[UK: ˈsuːθ.seɪə(r)]
[US: ˌsuːθ.ˈseɪər]

siare [~n ~, siarna]substantiv
{c}

sierska [~n sierskor]substantiv
{c}

spåkvinna [~n ~kvinnor]substantiv
{c}

spåman [~nen ~män, ~männen]substantiv
{c}

they say (it is commonly said)
phrase

det heterphrase

man sägerphrase

to say the least (suggesting understatement)
adverb
[UK: tuː ˈseɪ ðə liːst]
[US: ˈtuː ˈseɪ ðə ˈliːst]

milt sagtadverb

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