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decir to say, to tell; to pronounce, sound out

decir is the #34 most common word in Spanish, a verb. It means “to say, to tell; to pronounce, sound out” and is pronounced /deˈθiɾ/.

#34frequency rank
0.32%of everyday Spanish text
Level 1Beginner 1

Forms of decir

FormWhat it isMeaning
digoI · presentI say
dijeI · pastI said
dichopast participlesaid
decirinfinitiveto say
diciendo-ing formsaying
dichosingular · past participlesaid
dichasingular · past participlesaid
dichosplural · past participlesaid
dichasplural · past participlesaid
dicesyou · presentyou say
decísyou · presentyou say
dicehe/she · presenthe/she says
decimoswe · presentwe say
decísyou (pl.) · presentyou (pl.) say
dicenthey · presentthey say
decíaI · imperfectI used to say
decíasyou · imperfectyou used to say
decíahe/she · imperfecthe/she used to say
decíamoswe · imperfectwe used to say
decíaisyou (pl.) · imperfectyou (pl.) used to say
decíanthey · imperfectthey used to say
dijisteyou · pastyou said
dijohe/she · pasthe/she said
dijimoswe · pastwe said
dijisteisyou (pl.) · pastyou (pl.) said
dijeronthey · pastthey said
diréI · futureI will say
dirásyou · futureyou will say
diráhe/she · futurehe/she will say
diremoswe · futurewe will say
diréisyou (pl.) · futureyou (pl.) will say
diránthey · futurethey will say
diríaI · conditionalI would say
diríasyou · conditionalyou would say
diríahe/she · conditionalhe/she would say
diríamoswe · conditionalwe would say
diríaisyou (pl.) · conditionalyou (pl.) would say
diríanthey · conditionalthey would say
digaI · subjunctive present(that) I say
digasyou · subjunctive present(that) you say
digásyou · subjunctive present(that) you say
digahe/she · subjunctive present(that) he/she say
digamoswe · subjunctive present(that) we say
digáisyou (pl.) · subjunctive present(that) you (pl.) say
diganthey · subjunctive present(that) they say
dijeraI · subjunctive imperfect(if) I said
dijerasyou · subjunctive imperfect(if) you said
dijerahe/she · subjunctive imperfect(if) he/she said

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