Usage examples of "dijo" in Spanish with translation to English

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—No —dijo con tono decidido. "No", he said in a decided tone.
Le dijo que era feliz. She told him that she was happy.
Tom quiso decir lo que dijo. Tom meant what he said.
No dijo ni una palabra. Not a word did he speak.
Él dijo que tenía hambre. He said that he was hungry.
Ayer me dijo la verdad. Yesterday, he told me the truth.
Tom quiso decir exactamente lo que él dijo. Tom meant exactly what he said.
Ella le mostró una sonrisa desdentada y, después de reírse socarronamente le dijo: "Ahora tu tercer deseo. ¿Cuál será?" She grinned toothlessly and, after a cackle, spoke. "Now your third wish. What will it be?"
No entendí lo que dijo. I didn't catch what he said.
Ella le dijo que parase. She told him to stop.
Creo que Tom quiso decir exactamente lo que dijo. I think Tom means just what he said.
Él dijo: "Quiero ser científico". He said, "I want to be a scientist."
Le dijo que la quería. He told her that he loved her.
Poco a poco me di cuenta del verdadero significado de lo que dijo. Gradually the true meaning of what he said began to dawn on me.
¿Por qué dijo eso María? Why did Maria say that?
Ella le dijo su edad. She told him her age.
- Quiero decir... Mi vida -dijo Dima- Bueno, hay 3.000.000 BYR en esta maleta. "I mean... my life," Dima said. "Anyway, there's 3,000,000 BYR in this briefcase."
"¡No dispares!", dijo el policía. "Don't shoot!", said the policeman.
Ella le dijo que estudiara. She told him to study.
Cuando uso una palabra, dijo Humpty Dumpty, significa justo lo que quiero que signifique - ni más ni menos. When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said, it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.
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