dizer

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Galician

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /diˈθeɾ/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /diˈseɾ/

  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Hyphenation: di‧zer

Verb

dizer (first-person singular present digo, first-person singular preterite dixem or disse, past participle dito, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of dicir

Conjugation

    Reintegrated conjugation of dizer (irregular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / 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 dis, dizes di, diz dizemos dizedes, dizeis dim, dizem
Imperfect dizia dizias dizia dizíamos dizíades, dizíeis, dizíais1 diziam
Preterite dixem, disse dixeste, disseste, dixeche1 dixo, disse dixemos, dissemos dixestes, dissestes dixérom, disseram
Pluperfect dixera, dissera dixeras, disseras dixera, dissera dixéramos, disséramos dixérades, disséreis, dixérais1 dixeram, disseram
Future direi dirás dirá diremos diredes, direis dirám, dirão
Conditional diria dirias diria diríamos diríades, diríeis, diríais1 diriam
Subjunctive
Present diga digas diga digamos digades, digais digam
Imperfect dixesse, dissesse dixesses, dissesses dixesse, dissesse dixéssemos, disséssemos dixéssedes, dissésseis dixessem, dissessem
Future dixer, disser dixeres, disseres dixer, disser dixermos, dissermos dixerdes, disserdes dixerem, disserem
Imperative
Affirmative di, diz diga digamos dizede, dizei digam
Negative (nom) nom digas nom diga nom digamos nom digades, nom digais nom digam

1Less recommended.

References

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

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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dīcere, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dizer

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

Descendants

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dizer, from Latin dīcere, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”). Compare Galician dicir.

Pronunciation

 
 

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

Verb

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

  1. to say
    2. to speak; to pronounce; to utter; to say
      Abra/e a boca e diga/diz aaaaa.
      Open your mouth and say aaaaah.
      Ele disse “eu nunca fiz isto”.
      He said “I’ve never done this”
    4. to tell; to say (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.
    6. to say (to indicate a given fact)
      A placa diz que não podemos entrar.
      The sign says that we can’t go in.
  3. 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.
  4. (of a person) to mean
    Synonym: querer dizer
    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

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