say

Pronúncia: seɪ
    noun
  1. alguna cosa a dir.
  2. to have (a / some) say in something tenir-hi alguna cosa a dir, tenir-hi vot i veu.
  3. to have no say in something no tenir-hi res a dir, no tenir-hi (ni) vot ni veu.
  4. I had no say in it no hi vaig tenir res a veure, no me'n van demanar res.
  5. if I had a say in it si m'haguessin demanat el parer.
  6. I have had my say ja he dit el que havia de dir.
  7. to let someone have his say deixar parlar algú.
  8. let him have his say! deixeu-lo dir!, deixeu-lo parlar!, deixeu-li dir la seva
    9. transitive verb [preterite & past participle said]
  9. dir.
  10. [book, text, paper] dir.
  11. [mass] dir.
  12. to say no to a proposal rebutjar una proposta.
  13. [prayer] dir, resar.
  14. [lesson] recitar.
  15. to say yes to an invitation acceptar una invitació.
  16. to say good morning to someone donar el bon dia a algú.
  17. [of watch, thermometre] marcar.
  18. I must say that... he de confessar que...
  19. to say to oneself dir-se a si mateix.
  20. who shall I say? quin nom dic?

    21. [idioms]
  21. this is to say és a dir, això és.
  22. to say nothing of the rest per no dir res dels altres, per no dir res de la resta.
  23. to say nothing of swearing per no esmentar els renecs.
  24. to say the least per no dir més que el mínim.
  25. as one might say com si diguéssim.
  26. that's saying a lot que ja és dir, que déu-n'hi-do.
  27. would you really say so? vols dir?
  28. what would you say to that? què me'n dius, d'això?
  29. what would you say to a cup of tea? et vindria de gust una tassa de te?, què et semblaria ara una tassa de te?
  30. he hasn't much to say for himself no parla gaire, és molt reservat.
  31. that doesn't say much for her això no diu gaire a favor seu.
  32. it says much for his courage that he stayed el fet de quedar-s'hi demostra el seu valor.
  33. it goes without saying that... i no cal ni dir que...
  34. that goes without saying això no cal ni dir-ho, això cau pel seu propi pes.

    35. [exclamatory idioms]
  35. say! United States I say! escolti!
  36. (idem) [in surprise] caram!, ostres!, què dius!
  37. you don't say (so)! què dius ara!
  38. I should say so!, you can say that again! ja ho crec!, ja ho pots ben dir!
  39. you've said it! tu ho has dit!, exactament!
  40. so you say! això ho dius tu!
  41. say no more! prou!, ni una paraula més!, no cal que diguis res més!

    42. [phrases with said]
  42. it is said that... es diu que..., és usual dir que...
  43. he is said to be worth a million diuen que és milionari.
  44. there is a lot to be said for doing it now hi ha bones raons per a fer-ho ara.
  45. there is a lot to be said for it hi ha raons a favor d'això.
  46. there is something to be said on both sides hi ha molt a dir a favor de tots dos.
  47. when all is said and done there's no money for it després d'una cosa i l'altra no queden diners per a això.
  48. it's easier said than done és més fàcil dir-ho que fer-ho.
  49. no sooner said than done tal dit tal fet.
  50. enough said! qui tingui orelles que escolti!

    51. [suppose]
  51. say it is worth £20 diguem que val 20 lliures, posem per cas que val 20 lliures.
  52. we were going at say 50 mph anàvem a, diguem, 50 milles per hora.
  53. shall we say Tuesday? quedem, doncs, per a dimarts?