dizer

dizer

Galician

Verb

dizer (first-person singular present digo, first-person singular preterite dixem, past participle dito)

1. reintegrationist spelling of dicir

References

• “dizer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

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Ladino

Verb

dizer (Latin spelling)

1. Alternative form of dezir
   • 2013, Bouena Sarfatty Garfinkle, "Family Dynamics", in Renée Levine Melammed, An Ode to Salonika: The Ladino Verses of Bouena Sarfatty, p. 80:

     Kouando los Nahmias alevantan el vaso para dizer lehaim, / Eze de korason.

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dīcere, present active participle of dīcō, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈd͡zeɾ/

Verb

dizer

1. to say, to tell
2. to speak
3. to communicate

Descendants

• Portuguese: dizer

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese dizer, from Latin dīcere, present active participle of dīcō, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiˈze(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiˈze(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈze(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiˈze(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈze(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈzeɾ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /diˈze(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈze(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: di‧zer

• Audio (Rural Central Brazil)

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Verb

dizer (first-person singular present digo, first-person singular preterite disse, past participle dito)

1. to say
   1. (transitive) to speak; to pronounce; to utter; to say

      Abra a boca e diga aaaaa.

      Open your mouth and say aaaaah.

      Ele disse “eu nunca fiz isso”.

      He said “I’ve never done this”

   2. (transitive with a or para) to tell; to say to (to communicate information to someone)
      • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 516:

        Não é bonito dizer isso a uma pessoa.

        It's not nice to say that to a person.

   3. (transitive with que) to say that (to indicate a given fact)

      A placa diz que não podemos entrar.

      The sign says that we can’t go in.

2. to discern; to tell to distinguish
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 240:

     Era difícil dizer se a professora os ouvira, pois seu rosto estava oculto pelas sombras.

     It was difficult to tell whether the teacher had heard them, because her face was hidden by the shadows.

3. (transitive, personal) to mean

   Vamos à festa para comer... Digo, celebrar.

   We're going to the party to eat... I mean, to celebrate.

   “Ir para o céu” você diz... morrer?

   By “go to heaven” you mean... to die?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dizer (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	dizer
Personal	dizer	dizeres	dizer	dizermos	dizerdes	dizerem
Gerund
	dizendo
Past participle
Masculine	dito			ditos
Feminine	dita			ditas
Indicative
Present	digo	dizes	diz	dizemos	dizeis	dizem
Imperfect	dizia	dizias	dizia	dizíamos	dizíeis	diziam
Preterite	disse	disseste	disse	dissemos	dissestes	disseram
Pluperfect	dissera	disseras	dissera	disséramos	disséreis	disseram
Future	direi	dirás	dirá	diremos	direis	dirão
Conditional
	diria	dirias	diria	diríamos	diríeis	diriam
Subjunctive
Present	diga	digas	diga	digamos	digais	digam
Imperfect	dissesse	dissesses	dissesse	disséssemos	dissésseis	dissessem
Future	disser	disseres	disser	dissermos	disserdes	disserem
Imperative
Affirmative		diz, dize	diga	digamos	dizei	digam
Negative (não)		não digas	não diga	não digamos	não digais	não digam

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dizer.

Derived terms

• dizível
• indizível
• querer dizer

Related terms

• bendizer
• maldizer