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For the verb: "to say"
Simple Past: said
Past Participle: said

Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
say1 /seɪ/ (pres says /sez/ ;
past & past p said /sed/ ) verbo transitivo
  1. (utter, express in speech) ‹word/sentence› decir(conj.⇒);
    ‹prayer› rezar(conj.⇒);
    I said yes/no dije que sí/no;
    to ~ sth TO sb decirle(conj.⇒) algo a algn;
    why didn't you ~ so before? haberlo dicho antes;
    that's to ~ es decir;
    to ~ the least como mínimo;
    what have you got to ~ for yourself? a ver, explícate;
    ~ no more no me digas más;
    you can ~ that again! ¡y que lo digas!;
    it goes without ~ing that … huelga decir que …;
    that's easier said than done del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho;
    no sooner said than done dicho y hecho;
    when all's said and done al fin y al cabo
  1. [watch/dial] marcar(conj.⇒)
  1. (suppose) (colloq) suponer(conj.⇒);
    (let's) ~ that … supongamos que …
  1. (allege) decir(conj.⇒);
    …, or so he ~s …, al menos eso es lo que dice
verbo intransitivo
decir(conj.⇒);
I'd rather not ~ prefiero no decirlo;
it's hard to ~ es difícil decirlo
say2 interjección (AmE colloq) ¡oye! (fam)
say3 sustantivo (no pl)
  1. (statement of view): to have one's ~ dar(conj.⇒) su (or mi etc) opinión
  1. (power): I have no ~ in the matter yo no tengo ni voz ni voto en el asunto

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
say [seɪ]
I vtr (ps & pp said)
1   decir: it's easier said than done, es fácil decirlo
     let's say (that)..., pongamos por caso que...
     that is to say, es decir
     they say, dicen que, se dice que
     what did you say?, ¿qué has dicho?
     you can say that again, ya lo creo que sí
     to say the least, como mínimo
     to say yes/no, decir que sí/no
2   (letrero, texto) decir, poner: the report says (that) there were over three hundred injuries, el informe dice que hubo más de trescientos heridos
     (reloj) marcar ➣ Ver nota en decir
    
II verbo intransitivo
1   decir
2   you don't say, no me digas
    
III nombre to have a say, tener voz y voto [in, en]: let me have my say, déjame hablar
    
IV excl US say!, ¡oiga!



say: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009
Compound Forms:
have a lot to say abouttener mucho que decir sobre v
have little to saytener poco que decir v
have your saytener tu opinión v
mean what you saypredica con el ejemplo
never say dieno rendirse nunca v
not say a wordno decir nada v
nothing to say aboutnada que decir de
say 'no'diga "no" v
say 'yes' todígale "sí" a v
say farewelldespedirse v
say good-byedecir adiós v
say hellosaludar v
say nodiga que no v
say no todígale no a v
say nothingno diga nada v
say nothing ofno comentes sobre v
say to yourselfdígase a sí mismo v
say yesdiga que sí v
say-sonaserción infundada nf
say-sonmera palabrería nf
say-sonopinión nf
say-sonparticipación nf
strange to sayes raro decir v
that is to sayes decir
to saydecir
to say one's farewells todespedirse de
venture to sayatreverse a decir
you can say that againya lo creo
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