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US - UKFor the verb: "to tell"
| Simple Past: | told |
| Past Participle: | told |
Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary © 2006 Oxford University Press:
tell /tel/ transitive verb (pt/pp told) dire;
raccontare ‹story›;
(distinguish) distinguere (from da);
~ somebody something dire qualcosa a qualcuno;
~ somebody to do something dire a qualcuno di fare qualcosa;
~ the time dire l'ora;
I couldn't ~ why… non sapevo perché…;
you're ~ing me! a chi lo dici! intransitive verb (produce an effect) avere effetto;
time will ~ il tempo ce lo dirà;
his age is beginning to ~ l'età comincia a farsi sentire [per lui];
don't ~ me non dirmelo;
you mustn't ~ non devi dire niente ■ tell apart transitive verb distinguere ■ tell off transitive verb sgridare ■ tell on transitive verb (Sch: inform against) fare la spia a
raccontare ‹story›;
(distinguish) distinguere (from da);
~ somebody something dire qualcosa a qualcuno;
~ somebody to do something dire a qualcuno di fare qualcosa;
~ the time dire l'ora;
I couldn't ~ why… non sapevo perché…;
you're ~ing me! a chi lo dici! intransitive verb (produce an effect) avere effetto;
time will ~ il tempo ce lo dirà;
his age is beginning to ~ l'età comincia a farsi sentire [per lui];
don't ~ me non dirmelo;
you mustn't ~ non devi dire niente ■ tell apart transitive verb distinguere ■ tell off transitive verb sgridare ■ tell on transitive verb (Sch: inform against) fare la spia a
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| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali | |||||||||
| tell | vtr | (say, say to) | dire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| raccontare vtr ⇒ | |||||||||
| What did you tell him? | |||||||||
| Che cosa gli hai detto? | |||||||||
| tell | vtr | (inform) | dire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| raccontare vtr ⇒ | |||||||||
| Tell me what he said. | |||||||||
| Dimmi che cosa ha detto. | |||||||||
| tell | vi | (notice) al condizionale | dire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| Can you tell that I've put on ten pounds? | |||||||||
| Lo diresti che sono ingrassato di dieci chili? | |||||||||
| Additional Translations | |||||||||
| tell | vi | (say to) | dire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| I asked her, but she would not tell. | |||||||||
| Glie l'ho chiesto, ma lei non ha voluto dirmelo. | |||||||||
| tell | vi | (give evidence of) | confessare, testimoniare vtr ⇒ ⇒ | ||||||
| informare vtr ⇒ | |||||||||
| The judge asked him to explain what had happened, but he would not tell. | |||||||||
| Il giudice gli ha chiesto di raccontare cosa era successo, ma lui non ha voluto testimoniare. | |||||||||
| tell | vi | (disclose) | parlare vi ⇒ | ||||||
| riportare i fatti, un racconto | riportare vtr ⇒ | ||||||||
| I interrogated him, but he would not tell. | |||||||||
| L'ho interrogato, ma non ha voluto parlare. | |||||||||
| tell | vi | (have a strong effect) | fare effetto loc verb | ||||||
| incidere vtr ⇒ | |||||||||
| That red wine really tells. | |||||||||
| Quel vino rosso fa davvero effetto. | |||||||||
| tell | vtr | (story) | raccontare vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| He told the story to his daughter. | |||||||||
| Ha raccontato la storia a sua figlia. | |||||||||
| tell | vtr | (communicate) | dire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| raccontare vtr ⇒ | |||||||||
| I need you to tell me what you are feeling. | |||||||||
| Voglio che tu mi dica come ti senti. | |||||||||
| tell | vtr | (announce) | dire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| raccontare vtr ⇒ | |||||||||
| He told the whole school that he was leaving to become a rock musician. | |||||||||
| Ha detto a tutta la scuola che se ne stava andando per diventare un musicista rock. | |||||||||
| tell | vtr | (utter) | dire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| He told her the three words she'd been longing to hear. | |||||||||
| Le ha detto le tre parole che lei voleva tanto sentire. | |||||||||
| tell | vtr | (reveal) | raccontare vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| We told them our secret. | |||||||||
| Gli abbiamo raccontato il nostro segreto. | |||||||||
| tell | vtr | (command, order) | dire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| He told her to clean her room. | |||||||||
| Lui le ha detto di pulire la sua stanza. | |||||||||
| tell | vtr | (distinguish) | distinguere vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| definire vtr ⇒ | |||||||||
| Can you tell the difference between these two colours? | |||||||||
| Sai distinguere la differenza tra questi due colori? | |||||||||
| tell | vtr | (identify) | dire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| indicare vtr ⇒ | |||||||||
| Can you tell me who it is? | |||||||||
| Puoi dirmi chi è? | |||||||||
| tell | vtr | (realize) capire | dire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| It's hard to tell who it is in this light. | |||||||||
| È difficile dire chi è con questa luce. | |||||||||
| tell | vtr | (assure) | assicurare vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| I have done all the work, I tell you. | |||||||||
| Ho fatto tutto il lavoro, te lo assicuro. | |||||||||
| tell | vtr | (explain) | dire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| riferire vtr ⇒ | |||||||||
| Tell me exactly how you came to this conclusion. | |||||||||
| Dimmi esattamente come sei arrivato a questa conclusione. | |||||||||
| Suggest improvements for "tell" above. | |||||||||
| Report an error | |||||||||
| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||||||||
| do tell | parla v | ||||||||
| do tell! | dillo! loc verb | ||||||||
| tell a good story | raccontare una bella storia | ||||||||
| tell a lie | dire una bugia | ||||||||
| tell a story | raccontare una storia | ||||||||
| tell all | dire tutto | ||||||||
| tell apart | l'uno dall'altro | distinguere v | |||||||
| tell how | dire come, dire in quale modo | ||||||||
| tell it like it is | dirla com'è | ||||||||
| tell lies | mentire v | ||||||||
| tell me | dica v | ||||||||
| tell me | dimmi v | ||||||||
| tell off | rimproverare | riprendere vtr ⇒ | |||||||
| tell on | denunciare, fare la spia, pesare su | ||||||||
| tell on sb | avere un brutto effetto su qcn | ||||||||
| tell on sb | denunciare qualcuno | ||||||||
| tell sb a secret | dire a qualcuno un segreto | ||||||||
| tell sb off | rimproverare qualcuno | ||||||||
| tell tales | raccontare bugie, raccontare frottole, fare la spia | ||||||||
| tell the future | predire, prevedere il futuro | ||||||||
| tell the truth | dire la verità, confessare | ||||||||
| tell you a secret | dirti, rivelarti un segreto | ||||||||
| tell yourself | ripetere a se stesso | ||||||||
| to tell the truth | dire la verità | ||||||||
| william tell | Guglielmo Tell | ||||||||
| Report an error | |||||||||
Forum discussions with the word(s) 'tell' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'tell':
A cockroach does not tell a greyhound what to do.
A need to tell, ask or confess.
Are you ever going to tell me
but nobody will tell me how they are
Can you please tell me if you have mailed your beautiful words for my book?
can you please tell me when you would like me to come
Can you please tell me where I might buy the tile?
Can you tell me soonest
Can't rightly say as I know what to tell you
Can't tell a pig's ear from a cow's arsehole
come closer, I have something to tell you.
Could you please tell me a few details about the course?
Could you please tell me how much it would cost to send to Australia?
Describe your house and tell which your favourite room is
did I ever tell you...
Do tell
do you have a story to tell about yourself or your family
don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining
Don't tell anyone about it.
Don't tell me these are your patients!
Don't tell me you're getting all bent out of shape over a women
Don't wait for someone to tell you
Even if I could tell you, I wouldn't
everything you tell me
Give me, tell me
Give/Tell me another possibility
Go tell it in a bar
Hard disk camcorders let you make your statement visibly and tell your story visually
Have a tell
He asked his friend to tell her that he liked her and thought she was cute
more...
A need to tell, ask or confess.
Are you ever going to tell me
but nobody will tell me how they are
Can you please tell me if you have mailed your beautiful words for my book?
can you please tell me when you would like me to come
Can you please tell me where I might buy the tile?
Can you tell me soonest
Can't rightly say as I know what to tell you
Can't tell a pig's ear from a cow's arsehole
come closer, I have something to tell you.
Could you please tell me a few details about the course?
Could you please tell me how much it would cost to send to Australia?
Describe your house and tell which your favourite room is
did I ever tell you...
Do tell
do you have a story to tell about yourself or your family
don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining
Don't tell anyone about it.
Don't tell me these are your patients!
Don't tell me you're getting all bent out of shape over a women
Don't wait for someone to tell you
Even if I could tell you, I wouldn't
everything you tell me
Give me, tell me
Give/Tell me another possibility
Go tell it in a bar
Hard disk camcorders let you make your statement visibly and tell your story visually
Have a tell
He asked his friend to tell her that he liked her and thought she was cute
more...
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