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For the verb: "to tell"
Simple Past: told
Past Participle: told

Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
tell /tel/ (past & past p told) verbo transitivo
  1. (inform, reveal) decir(conj.⇒);
    he was told that … le dijeron que …;
    could you ~ me the way to the station? ¿me podría decir cómo se llega a la estación?
  1. (recount, relate) ‹joke/story› contar(conj.⇒);
    she's told me all about you me ha hablado mucho de ti;
    ~ us about Lima cuéntanos cómo es Lima (or qué tal se fue en Lima etc)
  1. (instruct, warn) decir(conj.⇒);
    to ~ sb to + INF decirle(conj.⇒) a algn que (+ subj)
    1. (ascertain, know): I could ~ from her voice that … noté por la voz que …;
      to ~ the time decir la hora
    1. (distinguish) to ~ sth/sb (FROM sth/sb) distinguir(conj.⇒) algo/a algn (de algo/algn);
      I can't ~ the difference yo no veo or no noto ninguna diferencia
  1. : all told en total
verbo intransitivo
  1. (reveal): promise you won't ~? ¿prometes que no se lo vas a contar or decir a nadie?;
    to ~ ON sb (TO sb) (colloq) acusar a algn (a or con algn)
  1. (know) saber(conj.⇒);
    you never can ~ nunca se sabe
  1. (count, have an effect): her age is beginning to ~ se le está empezando a notar la edad

Phrasal Verbs
tell apart v + o + adv distinguir(conj.⇒) tell off v + o + adv, v + adv + o (colloq) regañar, reñir(conj.⇒) (esp Esp), retar (CS), resondrar (Per), rezongar(conj.⇒) (AmC, Ur)

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
tell [tel]
I vtr (ps & pp told)
1   decir, informar: she told me she loved me, me dijo que me amaba
     I told you so!, ¿no te lo dije?
     (I'll) tell you what..., se me ocurre una idea
     to tell a lie, mentir
     to tell the truth, decir la verdad ➣ Ver nota en decir 2 avisar, indicar: this dial tells the temperature, este cuadrante indica la temperatura
3   (un cuento, etc) contar: tell me about it, cuéntamelo
4   (aconsejar, mandar) decir: he told me to go home, me dijo que me fuera a casa
5   saber, deducir: you can't tell her age, no sabrías decir qué edad tiene
     to tell the time, decir la hora
6   distinguir [A from B, A de B]
     to tell the difference, ver la diferencia
    
II verbo intransitivo
1   frml to tell of, contar algo
2   chivarse, soplar
3   saber: you never can tell, nunca se sabe
4   frml (la edad, el estrés) notarse
     to tell against, obrar contra
     to tell on, afectar
     time will tell, ya veremos o el tiempo dirá
    ♦ LOC: all told, en total
    El verbo to tell se construye de diferentes maneras: con un complemento directo más una frase subordinada introducida por that, what, where, when, etc. (can you tell me when the train arrives?, ¿puedes decirme cuándo llega el tren? (can you tell what it is?, ¿puedes decirme qué es?), con un complemento directo más el infinitivo con to (they told us to be there on time, nos dijeron que estuviésemos allí a la hora) o con can, could o to be able to más una frase subordinada introducida por that, what, where, when, etc.: I can easily tell which way is North. Puedo distinguir fácilmente dónde está el Norte.
    



tell: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009
Compound Forms:
tell a liementir v
tell a storycontar un cuento v
tell apartdistinguir v
tell howexplicar v
tell in detailpormenorizar v
tell in detaildetallar v
tell it like it isdecir la verdad v
tell offregañar v
tell offreñir v
tell offretar v
tell onir con el chisme v
tell talescontar chismes v
tell talescontar cuentos v
tell the futurepredecir v
tell the truthdecir la verdad v
tell the truthdecir la verdad
tell you a secretdecirle un secreto v
tell-taleadjque delata
tell-talenchivato nm
tell-talendelator nm
tell-talenescás nf
tell-talenindicador nm
tell-talenlínea en la pared de la cancha de frontón nf
tell-talensoplón nm
tell-talentambién telltale
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