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| Simple Past: | told |
| Past Participle: | told |
tell 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
Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary © 2006 Oxford University Press:
told /təʊld/ see tell adjective all ~ in tutto
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tell: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009
| 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 | |||||||||
told: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009
| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali | |||||||||
| told | v pp, pret | (preterit and past participle of tell) | detto v pp | ||||||
| I told you not to do that! | |||||||||
| Ti ho detto di non farlo! | |||||||||
| Suggest improvements for "told" above. | |||||||||
| Report an error | |||||||||
| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||||||||
| all told | tutto detto | ||||||||
| well-told | ben detto | ||||||||
| Report an error | |||||||||
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Ask no questions and you'll be told no lies
Do as you are told!
from what you told me
get told off for forgetting
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he is being told
he said in a interview that her mother told him over and over that she was too young for him.
He told her to go away
He told me all about the production team
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I am told, I am given
I had already seen it when he told me about it
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I know what you are talking about. I told you not to do this before. So can you stop?
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I told her
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a little bird told me
A little birdie told me
after all, he told..
Ask no questions and you'll be told no lies
Do as you are told!
from what you told me
get told off for forgetting
He doesn't like being told what to do
he is being told
he said in a interview that her mother told him over and over that she was too young for him.
He told her to go away
He told me all about the production team
He told me he would return home in January
He told us before
He told us we would have to pay for...
He was being told something he did not want to hear
I was told you had to break the door down to get to her
I already told you
I am told, I am given
I had already seen it when he told me about it
I just told you
I know what you are talking about. I told you not to do this before. So can you stop?
I thought you told me that she would arrive tonight.
I told her
I told her of/about you
I told her that I wanted her to be dressed by the time
I told him I wouldn't be late home
I told you already
I told you not to fall in love with me
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