Spanish Verb Decir - to say, to tell. Your Daily Spanish Lesson

Daily Verb Lesson: Spanish for 'say, tell' is decir

The Spanish for say, tell is the irregular Spanish verb decir.
Imagine the singer DES'REE always DESIRES to tell the truth!

Decir is an irregular -IR verb. Conjugate this and learn to conjugate other -IR verbs.
Decir can also mean; to tell. Related words include:
  - decirse (vr) : to say to oneself, to each other;
    to talk about something/someone.
  - querer decir : to mean (lit. to want to say).
  - el dicho / el decir (nm) : saying.

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to say, tell: decir
Imagine the singer DES'REE always DESIRES
to tell the truth!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE decir
Simple Tenses decir
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente say	digo	dices	dice	decimos	decís	dicen
Imperfect Imperfecto said	decía	decías	decía	decíamos	decíais	decían
Preterit Pretérito said	dije	dijiste	dijo	dijimos	dijisteis	dijeron
Future Futuro will say	diré	dirás	dirá	diremos	diréis	dirán
Conditional Condicional would say	diría	dirías	diría	diríamos	diríais	dirían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may say	diga	digas	diga	digamos	digáis	digan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo may say	dijera	dijeras	dijera	dijeramos	dijeráis	dijeran
	dijese	dijeses	dijese	dijesemos	dijeséis	dijesen
Imperatives decir
Imperative Imperativo say!		di!	diga!	digamos!	decid!	digan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't say!		no digas!	no diga!	no digamos!	no digáis!	no digan!
Compound Tenses decir Past Participle: *dicho*
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have said	he dicho	has dicho	ha dicho	hemos dicho	habéis dicho	han dicho
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had said	hube dicho	hubiste dicho	hubo dicho	hubimos dicho	hubisteis dicho	hubieron dicho
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had said	había dicho	habías dicho	había dicho	habíamos dicho	habíais dicho	habían dicho
Present Perfect Subjunctive Presente perfecto have said	haya dicho	hayas dicho	haya dicho	hayamos dicho	hayáis dicho	hayan dicho
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have said	habré dicho	habrás dicho	habrá dicho	habremos dicho	habréis dicho	habrán dicho
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have said	habría dicho	habrías dicho	habría dicho	habríamos dicho	habríais dicho	habrían dicho
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have said	hubiera dicho	hubieras dicho	hubiera dicho	hubiéramos dicho	hubierais dicho	hubieran dicho
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have said	hubiese dicho	hubieses dicho	hubiese dicho	hubiésemos dicho	hubieseis dicho	hubiesen dicho
Progressive Tenses decir Present Participle: *diciendo*
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am saying	estoy diciendo	estás diciendo	está diciendo	estamos diciendo	está diciendo	están diciendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito was saying	estuve diciendo	estuviste diciendo	estuvo diciendo	estuvimos diciendo	estuvisteis diciendo	estuvieron diciendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto had been saying	estaba diciendo	estabas diciendo	estaba diciendo	estábamos diciendo	estabais diciendo	estaban diciendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto will be saying	estaré diciendo	estarás diciendo	estará diciendo	estaremos diciendo	estaréis diciendo	estarán diciendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto would have been saying	estaría diciendo	estarías diciendo	estabría diciendo	estaríamos diciendo	estaríais diciendo	estarían diciendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo may have been saying	que ~ diciendo	que ~ diciendo	que ~ diciendo	que ~ diciendo	que ~ diciendo	que ~ diciendo

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MORE on the SPANISH VERB decir

Es un decir! It's a saying!
Como dice el dicho ... As the saying goes
dicho y hecho! No sooner said than done!
mejor dicho ... Rather..., better said ...

decir la verdad to tell the truth, to be honest.
decir una mentira: to tell a lie.
No me digas! You don't say! Don't tell me! You're kidding!

Diga? / Digame?! Hello? (on the phone)
Dijo que sí / no. S/he said yes/no.
No dijo nada. S/he said nothing.

HOW TO CONQUER SPANISH VERB CONJUGATION

The Spanish verb for say decir is an irregular IR verb, so you need to learn the conjugation.
Learn to conjugate decir and reinforce the pattern
Do a series of other IR verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the IR verbs' conjugation patterns. Keep doing them with a new one every day from the Spanish Verbs List.
The same applies to the various patterns. Each month we feature a daily verb from one of the major pattern groups.
Repeating these tables aloud 10 times throughout the day will better embed the patterns into your subconscious, and your long term memory.
Reciting aloud is a great way for you to practice your pronunciation, and helps you to memorize the conjugations.

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