decir meaning in English
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| decir verb | read [read, reading, reads](to consist of certain text) say [said, saying, says](to communicate verbally or in writing) speak [spoke, spoken, speaking, speaks](to utter) tell [told, telling, tells](to pass information) |
| decir de carrerilla verb | rattle off(list or recite quickly) reel off(list effortlessly and quickly) |
| decir en serio verb | mean [meant, meaning, means](to have conviction in what one says) |
| decir la verdad phrase | tell the truth(asserting frank honest of associated statement) |
| decir mucho verb | speak volumes(to convey significant information beyond what is explicit) |
| decir tonterías verb | bullshitverb |
| decirse verb | be called(to have a specific name) |
| a decir verdad interjection | truth be told(when admitting something one might otherwise lie about) |
| a decir verdad preposition | as a matter of fact(actually) |
| bendecir verb | bless [blest, blessing, blesses](confer blessing on) |
| bendecir la mesa verb | say grace(say a prayer of thanks) |
| contradecir verb | contradict [contradicted, contradicting, contradicts](deny the truth of (a statement or statements)) counter [countered, countering, counters](to contradict, oppose) gainsay [gainsaid, gainsaying, gainsays](to contradict something said) |
| desdecirse verb | back out(to withdraw from something one has promised to do) go back on(fail to keep, renege on) take back(retract an earlier statement) |
| es decir adverb | as in(in the sense of) i.e.(that is) that is(in other words) |
| es fácil decirlo adjective | easier said than done(easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish) |
| es mejor encender una sola vela que maldecir a la penumbra phrase | better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness(in bad times it is worthwhile to do good) |
| es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo adjective | easier said than done(easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish) |
| huelga decir verb | go without saying(to be obvious, apparent or clear) |
| huelga decir adverb | needless to say(obviously) |
| maldecir verb | bane(to be the bane of) curse [cursed, cursing, curses](to place a curse upon) damn [damned, damning, damns](theology: to condemn to hell) drat(to damn or curse) swear [swore, sworn, swearing, swears](to curse, to use offensive language) |
| maldecir noun | damn [damns]noun |
| ni que decir tiene verb | go without saying(to be obvious, apparent or clear) |
| ni que decir tiene adverb | needless to say(obviously) |
| no decir ni pío verb | keep mum(to keep silent) |
| podría decirnos phrase | can you tell us(begins a polite request) |
| podrías decirnos phrase | can you tell us(begins a polite request) |
Your history
Online dictionaries
- Arabic-English
- Bulgarian-English
- Chinese-English
- Danish-English
- Dothraki-English
- Dutch-English
- Esperanto-English
- French-English
- German-English
- Hindi-English
- Hungarian-English
- Italian-English
- Latin-English
- Norwegian-English
- Polish-English
- Portuguese-English
- Romanian-English
- Russian-English
- Serbian-Croatian-English
- Slovak-English
- Spanish-English
- Swedish-English
- Synonym-English
- Turkish-English
All online dictionaries »