1. (sm) saying - no te ofendas, es sólo un decir: don't take offence, it's just a manner of speaking

1. (vt) to say - dijo una tontería: she said something very stupid hasta la vista, dijo, y siguió trabajando: see you soon, he said, and went on working lo dijo delante del director: he said it in front of the headmaster el letrero dice¨: the sign says¨ ha dicho que vengas ahora mismo: he said you were to come right away dilo otra vez: say it again le preguntaron si era suyo y dijo que sí//no: they asked him if it was his and he said it was//it wasn't no dijo nada al respecto: he didn't say anything about it esta tarea es, por así decirlo, una diversión, no un trabajo: this task is, in a manner of speaking, more like fun than work ¡quién lo diría!: who would have thought it! ¨es decir, tienen que seguir siempre el mismo orden: ¨that is (to say), they must always go in the same order invitaron a doscientas personas, que ya es decir: just think, they invited two hundred people ni que decir tiene que iremos a la fiesta: it goes without saying that we're going to the party le preocupa demasiado el qué dirán: he worries too much about what people will say su comportamiento dio mucho que decir: her behaviour gave rise to a lot of gossip me pareció muy antipático, dicho sea de paso: incidentally, I thought he was very unpleasant ¡no me digas!: you don't say! ¡y que lo digas!: you can say that again! no es muy responsable que digamos: she's not exactly responsible fue dicho y hecho: it was no sooner said than done comunicar información: cuando no hay complemento personal

2. (vt) to tell - ¿qué te dijo?: what did he tell you?, what did he say to you? te he dicho la verdad: I have told you the truth dile al señor Romero que es imposible: tell Mr Romero that it's impossible díselo ahora mismo: tell him right away me dijo que te dijera¨: she told me to tell you¨ haz lo que te digo: do as I say no es de fiar, te lo digo yo: I am telling you, he is not to be trusted comunicar información: cuando hay complemento personal

3. (vt) to tell - no digas mentiras: don't tell lies dije la verdad: I told the truth una mentira, la verdad

4. (vt) to say - su expresión lo decía todo: the expression on her face said it all su esfuerzo dice mucho a su favor: the effort he put in says a lot about him indicar

5. (vt) - somos cuatro, digo, cinco: there are four of us, I mean five al corregirse

6. (vt) to mean - ¿qué quiere decir "profilaxis"?: what does "profilaxis" mean? ¿entiendes lo que te quiero decir?: do you understand what I mean? significar

7. (vt) to call - le dicen "el melenas": he's known as they call him "el melenas" apodar

1. (vi) - ¡diga! ¡dígame!: hello? por teléfono

1. to say to oneself - viendo aquello, me dije¨: when I saw that, I said to myself¨ ella sabe lo que se dice: she knows what she's talking about a uno mismo

2. - ¿cómo se dice "peluquero" en alemán?: how do you say "hairdresser" in German? no se dice "fuistes" sino "fuiste": you shouldn't say "fuistes", it's "fuiste" ¡eso no se dice!: you musn't say that! palabra, frase

3. - se dice que es drogadicto: they say people say he's a drug addict se dice que ha descendido el consumo de vino: wine consumption is said to have decreased ser noticia