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dire

/ˈdi.re/verb / noun · masculineA1 / C1
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Significado · verb

to say; tell

  • to indicate; read

En una frase

Ti dico una cosa importante adesso.

I'm telling you something important now.

Che cosa hai detto al telefono ieri?

What did you say on the phone yesterday?

Non dire il mio nome, per favore.

Don't say my name, please.

Formas de la palabra (48)
PalabraFormas de la palabra
direinfinitive
diciamoindicative · present · plural · 1st person
dicoindicative · present · singular · 1st person
diteindicative · present · plural · 2nd person
diciindicative · present · singular · 2nd person
diconoindicative · present · plural · 3rd person
diceindicative · present · singular · 3rd person
dicevamoindicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person
dicevoindicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person
dicevateindicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
diceviindicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
dicevanoindicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
dicevaindicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
dicemmoindicative · past · plural · 1st person
dissiindicative · past · singular · 1st person
dicesteindicative · past · plural · 2nd person
dicestiindicative · past · singular · 2nd person
disseroindicative · past · plural · 3rd person
disseindicative · past · singular · 3rd person
diremoindicative · future · plural · 1st person
diròindicative · future · singular · 1st person
direteindicative · future · plural · 2nd person
diraiindicative · future · singular · 2nd person
dirannoindicative · future · plural · 3rd person
diràindicative · future · singular · 3rd person
diciamosubjunctive · present · plural · 1st person
dicasubjunctive · present · singular · 1st person
diciatesubjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person
dicasubjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person
dicanosubjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person
dicasubjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person
dicessimosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person
dicessisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person
dicestesubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
dicessisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
dicesserosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
dicessesubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
diremmoconditional · present · plural · 1st person
direiconditional · present · singular · 1st person
diresteconditional · present · plural · 2nd person
diresticonditional · present · singular · 2nd person
direbberoconditional · present · plural · 3rd person
direbbeconditional · present · singular · 3rd person
diciamoimperative · plural · 1st person
diteimperative · plural · 2nd person
di'imperative · singular · 2nd person
dicendogerund
dettopast · participle

Notas de uso

  • Use dire for reporting words; use parlare for speaking in general and raccontare for telling a story.
  • Dire is irregular: dico, dici, dice, diciamo, dite, dicono; past participle detto.
  • With indirect objects, use a before the person: dire qualcosa a qualcuno, not *dire qualcuno*.
  • present: dico, dici, dice, diciamo, dite, dicono
  • past participle detto

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Antónimos

Significado · noun

saying

  • saying, expression
  • statement, remark

En una frase

È un dire che sento spesso da mio nonno.

It's a saying I often hear from my grandfather.

Nel suo dire c'era molta ironia.

There was a lot of irony in what he said.

Questo dire popolare è ancora molto usato.

This popular saying is still widely used.

Formas de la palabra (1)
PalabraFormas de la palabra
diremasculine · singular

Notas de uso

  • As a noun, dire is literary or old-fashioned. In everyday Italian, use parole for “words.”
  • Do not confuse noun dire with the verb dire “to say”; context and articles like il usually clarify.
  • Mostly found in fixed expressions or elevated writing, not casual conversation.

Palabras relacionadas

Antónimos

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