«to say, to tell» en siete lenguas
Significadoto say, to tell
Español
/deˈθiɾ/
patrimonial
Francés
/diʁ/
patrimonial
Italiano
/ˈdire/
patrimonial
Short for older dicere, whose stem returns in dico, dicevo, detto.
Portugués
/dʒiˈzeh/
patrimonial
Rumano
/ˈzitʃe/
patrimonial
Just as common is spune, from EXPŌNERE 'to set out'.
Catalán
/di/
patrimonial
Inglés
/seɪ/
inglés patrimonial · Old English secgan
El antepasado latino
DĪCERE‘to say’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
French and Italian both shrank DĪCERE to dire; Spanish kept the c (as θ) and moved the verb to the -ir class. The past participles are triplets: dicho, dit, detto (DICTUM).
Parientes en inglés: diction, dictate, predict, verdict, contradict
Apréndela
En una frase
- es¿Qué ha dicho?
- frQu'est-ce qu'il a dit ?
- itCosa ha detto?
- ptO que ele disse?
- roCe-a zis?
- caQuè ha dit?
- enWhat did he say?
La familia latina
DĪC-, DICT-· say
DĪCERE and its participle DICTUM gave the everyday 'say' and 'said' in all three sisters. The learned branch kept -CT- (dictar, dicter, dictionary), and Italian shows the Latin -CT- → -tt- rule in both its inherited detto and its inherited-looking dettare. Romanian zice turns D before i into z, as it regularly does (DEUM → zeu 'god').
DĪCEREto say
esdecirfrdireitdireptdizerrozicecadir
DICTUMsaid; a saying
esdichofrdititdettoptditocaditenditto
DICTĀREto say repeatedly, dictate
esdictarfrdicteritdettareptditarrodictacadictarendictate
DICTIŌNĀRIUM (Medieval Latin)a book of words
esdiccionariofrdictionnaireitdizionarioptdicionáriorodicționarcadiccionariendictionary
BENEDĪCEREto speak well of, bless
esbendecirfrbéniritbenedireptbendizercabeneirenbenediction