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dicho

a       pp
o dicho de otro modo ...      or, putting it another way, ..., or, in other words ...
con esto queda todo dicho      that says it all
bueno, lo dicho      OK, then
→ dejar algo dicho
le dejó dicho lo que tenía que hacer antes de irse      she gave him instructions as to what he should do before leaving
antes de morir dejó dicho que la casa era para su hijo      before dying he gave instructions for the house to go to his son
→ dicho y hecho      no sooner said than done
→ o mejor dicho      or rather
→ dicho sea de paso      incidentally, by the way
  →   propiamente     →   1

b       adj   (=este)   this
quieren reformar la ley y para dicho propósito ...      they wish to reform the law and to this end ...
y en la cuarta de dichas cartas ...      and in the fourth of these letters ...
vamos a hablar de Cáceres: dicha ciudad fue construida en ...      and now we come to Caceres: the city was built in ...
dicha compañía fue disuelta en 1994      this o the said company was dissolved in 1994

c sm

1    (=máxima popular)   saying
como dice el dicho      as the saying goes
REFRANES del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho :   saying is one thing, doing it is another

2 (=comentario) remark
un dicho desafortunado an unfortunate remark

3 dichos (Rel) betrothal pledge betrothal pledge
tomarse los dichos to exchange promises of marriage

Translation Spanish - English Collins Dictionary

dho. abr ( dicho ) aforesaid

dicho

c sm

1    (=máxima popular)   saying
como dice el dicho      as the saying goes
REFRANES del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho :   saying is one thing, doing it is another

2 (=comentario) remark
un dicho desafortunado an unfortunate remark

3 dichos (Rel) betrothal pledge betrothal pledge
tomarse los dichos to exchange promises of marriage

Translation Spanish - English Collins Dictionary

Collaborative Dictionary Spanish-English


del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho	adv. adj.	saying is one thing, doing it is another

¿acaso no te lo he dicho cien veces?	exp.	haven't I told you a hundred times?

como hemos dicho más arriba	exp.	as has been said above

te lo he dicho cientos de veces	exp.	I've told you hundreds of times

no es comprensible que no haya dicho nada	exp.	it's hard to understand why he hasn't said anything

por dicho concepto	exp.	for this reason

afirmarse en lo dicho	exp.	to stand by what one has said

alguien se lo habrá dicho	exp.	somebody or other must have told him

simplemente nos atenemos a lo que has dicho	exp.	we are simply taking into account {o} bearing in mind what you said

se avergonzó de haberlo dicho	exp.	he was ashamed at having said it

como dice el dicho	exp.	as the saying goes

digan lo que digan	exp.	whatever they say
decir digo donde dijo Diego	exp.	to take back what one said earlier	(MODISMOS)
decir por decir	exp.	to talk for talking's sake
¡por mí, que digan misa!	exp.	let them say what they like!
me perjudica que digan eso	exp.	their saying that is damaging to me
no tolera que digan eso	exp.	he won't allow them to say that
ya dice que sí, ya dice que no	exp.	first he says yes, then he says no
ya dice que sí, ya dice que no	exp.	one minute he says yes, the next he says no
decir absurdos	exp.	to talk nonsense
decir atomías	exp.	to shoot one's mouth off
decir atrocidades	exp.	to talk nonsense
decir babosadas	exp.	to talk nonsense {o} rubbish
decir barbaridades	exp.	to talk nonsense
decir bobadas	exp.	to say silly things
decir bobadas	exp.	talk nonsense
decir borderías	exp.	to be rude
dijo burlón	exp.	he said teasingly
decir burradas	exp.	to talk nonsense
dijo campanudo	exp.	he said pompously

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