Meanings (ES + gloss)
digamos
For example; let us assume.
He was driving pretty fast, say, fifty miles per hour.
Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach.
Phrases
No hay frases
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dígame
Used to gain someone's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion
Say, what did you think about the movie?
Phrases
No hay frases
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ellas • elle • elles • ellos • se
A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 20th c.) non-binary.
Somebody requested a seat at Friday's performance but didn't say if they preferred the balcony or the floor.
Who says they care? —He himself does.
se • una • uno
People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
They didn’t have computers in the old days.
They say it’s a good place to live.
Phrases
as they comeas they saygeneric theyif pigs had wings they would flyit doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name rightlet the chips fall where they maylet the dice fall where they maythat's why they play the gamethey hate us 'cause they ain't usthey hit the Pentagonthey saythey-unstheyfriendwill-they-won't-they
Meanings (ES + gloss)
decir
To pronounce.
Please say your name slowly and clearly.
decir
To tell, either verbally or in writing.
He said he would be here tomorrow.
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join m…
decir • poner
To indicate in a written form.
The sign says it’s 50 kilometres to Paris.
What time does it say on the clock?
se dice
To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
They say "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", which means "behave as those around you do."
They say that Hope is happiness; But genuine Love must prize the past.
Phrases
I hear you sayI must sayI said what I saidI sayI'd sayI'll sayand so say all of usas I was sayingas the saying goesas they sayas who should saybefore you can say Jack Robinsonbefore you can say knifebesaycan we saydare saydare-saydare-sayingdessaydo as I say and not as I dodo you know what I'm sayingdon't say gaydoomsayingeasy for you to sayenough saidfinal sayforesayforsaygainsaygo without sayinghave a sayhave to say for oneselfhear what I'm sayinghow do you say … in Englishhow say youhow you sayif I do say so myselfif I may say soif I say so myselfif you don't mind me saying