dire
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verb
- to utterproduce (speech or other sounds) with one's voice
- to recite
- to say, tell, utter
- to talk about, discuss
- to sayindicate in a written form
noun
- words
Forms
Present
| I | dico |
|---|---|
| you | dici |
| he, she, it | dice |
| we | diciamo |
| you (plural) | dite |
| they | dicono |
Imperfect
| I | dicevo |
|---|---|
| you | dicevi |
| he, she, it | diceva |
| we | dicevamo |
| you (plural) | dicevate |
| they | dicevano |
Past historic
| I | dissi |
|---|---|
| you | dicesti |
| he, she, it | disse |
| we | dicemmo |
| you (plural) | diceste |
| they | dissero |
Future
| I | dirò |
|---|---|
| you | dirai |
| he, she, it | dirà |
| we | diremo |
| you (plural) | direte |
| they | diranno |
Conditional
| I | direi |
|---|---|
| you | diresti |
| he, she, it | direbbe |
| we | diremmo |
| you (plural) | direste |
| they | direbbero |
Subjunctive
| I | dica |
|---|---|
| you | dica |
| he, she, it | dica |
| we | diciamo |
| you (plural) | diciate |
| they | dicano |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | dicessi |
|---|---|
| you | dicessi |
| he, she, it | dicesse |
| we | dicessimo |
| you (plural) | diceste |
| they | dicessero |
Imperative
| you | di' / dì |
|---|---|
| he, she, it | dica |
| we | diciamo |
| you (plural) | dite |
| they | dicano |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- Certo, dica pure.Of course, go ahead.A1Il colloquio — The Job Interview
- E dice tante bugie.And he tells lots of lies.A1Pinocchio e Collodi — Pinocchio and Collodi
- Gli dico di venire subito.I tell him to come at once.A1Ancora una volta (15) — Once more (15) (A1)
- Si accomodi. Dica trentatré.Please sit down. Say thirty-three.A1Dal medico — At the Doctor's
Other ways to say it
- affermareto declare, to affirm, to state, to claim, to assert
- confessareto confess, admit, own up; to confide, disclose
- continuareto continue, to keep on doing (an action); to continue, to resume (an action)
- credereto believe; to think
- dichiarareto declare, to announce, to proclaim, to state, to assert; to bid
- raccontareto tell, to narrate, to recount, to relate
- rispondereto answer, to reply, to respond [with a ‘to’]; to correspond [with a ‘to’]
- soggiungereto add; to pick up (a sentence, thought, conversation, etc.) where it last finished
Saying you have not understood
- cosa vuol dire?what does it mean?About a word.