Translation dire in the French-English Collins dictionary

dire

  nm
au dire de  according to
selon leurs dires  according to them

(=exprimer) to say
[+secret, mensonge] to tell
Qu'est-ce qu'il a dit?  What did he say?
dire l'heure  to tell the time
dire la vérité  to tell the truth
Elle m'a dit la vérité.  She told me the truth.
dire pardon  to say sorry
dire merci  to say thank you
dire qch à qn  to tell sb sth, to say sth to sb
Qu'est-ce qu'il t'a dit?  What did he tell you?, What did he say to you?
Dites-moi ce que vous pensez.  Tell me what you think.
dire à qn qu'il fasse, dire à qn de faire  to tell sb to do
Il nous a dit de regarder cette émission.  He told us to watch this programme.
dire que  to say, to say that
Il a dit qu'il ne viendrait pas.  He said he wouldn't come.

(=prétendre)
On le dit malade. They say he's ill., He's said to be ill.

(=plaire)
dire à qn   [idée, proposition]
Si cela lui dit.  If he feels like it.
Cela ne me dit rien.  That doesn't appeal to me.

(=penser)
que dites-vous de ...? what do you think of ...?
Qu'en dites-vous? What do you think?

  (autres locutions) comme on dit  as they say
on dit que  they say, they say that
On dit que la nourriture y est excellente.  They say that the food there is excellent.
on dirait que   (il semble que) it looks like, it looks as if
On dirait qu'il va pleuvoir.  It looks like it's going to rain., It looks as if it's going to rain.
on dirait du vin  it tastes like wine
à vrai dire  to tell the truth
pour ainsi dire  so to speak
cela va sans dire  that goes without saying
dis donc!, dites donc!   (pour attirer l'attention) hey!
(=au fait) by the way
Il a drôlement changé, dis donc!  Hey, he's really changed!
et dire que ...  and to think that ...
ceci dit, cela dit  that being said
Cela dit, je n'aimerais pas être à sa place.  That being said, I wouldn't like to be in his place.
c'est dit  so that's settled
voilà qui est dit  so that's settled
il n'y a pas à dire  there's no getting away from it
c'est dire si ...  that just shows that ...
c'est beaucoup dire  that's saying a lot
c'est peu dire  that's not saying much