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dire.

to utter (produce (speech or other sounds) with one's voice)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈdi.re/
  1. to utter (produce (speech or other sounds) with one's voice)

    transitive
  2. to recite

    transitive
  3. to say, tell, utter

    transitive
  4. to say, tell, utter to talk about, discuss

    intransitive · transitive
  5. to say (indicate in a written form)

    transitive
  6. used as a generic synonym for certain verbs: synonym of soggiungere (“to add”)

    transitive
  7. used as a generic synonym for certain verbs: synonym of continuare (“to continue”)

    transitive
  8. used as a generic synonym for certain verbs: synonym of rispondere (“to reply”)

    transitive
  9. used as a generic synonym for certain verbs: synonym of confessare (“to confess”)

    transitive
  10. used as a generic synonym for certain verbs: synonym of dichiarare (“to claim”)

    transitive
  11. used as a generic synonym for certain verbs: synonym of raccontare (“to tell, relate, report”)

    transitive
  12. used as a generic synonym for certain verbs: synonym of affermare (“to declare, assert”)

    transitive
  13. used as a generic synonym for certain verbs: synonym of suggerire (“to suggest, clue”)

    transitive
  14. used as a generic synonym for certain verbs: synonym of credere (“to believe, assume”)

    transitive
  15. to mean

    transitive
  16. to express a concept with the proper word in a given language

    transitive
  17. to speak

    transitive · uncommon
  18. to announce the wedding of

    rare · transitive
    domani vi dirò in chiesa
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈdi.re/
  1. words

    masculine · transitive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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