transitive verb preterite & past participle told general sense dir adventure, story, etc contar , narrar formally comunicar , fer saber , reportar to tell a lie dir una mentida to tell someone the news comunicar les notícies a algú , fer saber a algú les notícies to tell the truth dir la veritat to tell someone something dir alguna cosa a algú I have been told that m'han dit que I hear tell that diuen que , he sentit dir que I am glad to tell you that formal letter em plau de fer-vos avinent que don't let me have to tell you that again no m'ho facis tornar a dir , dona-…