decir
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- to say, to tell
- to suggest
- to show; to demonstrate
- to call; to name
- (reflexive) to be said, to say when a specific subject is not identified
Etymology
Inherited from Latin dīcere (say) inherited from Proto-Italic *deikō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (point out, show).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*déyḱti
Gloss
point out, show
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- condecere Latin
- dico Latin
- dīcere Latin
- praedicere Latin
- dire Italian
- antedecir Spanish, Castilian
- condecir Spanish, Castilian
- predecir Spanish, Castilian
- predicar Spanish, Castilian
- *dik-skos- Proto-Indo-European
- *déyḱti Proto-Indo-European
- *dḗyḱst Proto-Indo-European
- dire Old French
- dir-se Catalan, Valencian
- dicir Galician
- zice Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dizer Old Portuguese
- *deikō Proto-Italic
- dicir Asturian
- dî Friulian
- dir Old Occitan
- dire Old Occitan
- dir Venetian
- dî Ligurian
- dicro Dalmatian
- dezir Ladino
- dicere Neapolitan
- dezir Mirandese
- dîr Emilian
- 𐌃𐌄𐌝𐌊𐌖𐌌 Oscan
- dì Romagnol