Usage examples of "dizer" in Portuguese with translation to English

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Eu não quis dizer você. I don't mean you.
Ela é, por assim dizer, um dicionário ambulante. She is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
Eu não quis dizer isso. I didn't mean that.
Esses foram vítimas da guerra, por assim dizer. These were victims of war, so to speak.
Entendo o que quer dizer. I see what you mean.
O velho é, por assim dizer, um dicionário ambulante. That old man is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
O que você quer dizer? What do you mean?
Os seres humanos são criaturas emotivas, por assim dizer. Human beings are emotional creatures, so to speak.
O que quer dizer este parágrafo? What does this paragraph mean?
Você entende o que eu quero dizer? Do you know what I mean?
O que eu quero dizer é isso. What I mean is this.
Eles sabem o que "vitamina" quer dizer. They know what "vitamin" means.
Eu entendo o que você quer dizer. I see what you mean.
Você quer dizer uma guerra totalmente nuclear? Do you mean a total nuclear war?
O que este símbolo aqui quer dizer? What does this symbol here mean?
Não entendo o que você quer dizer. I don't get what you mean.
Eu sei o que você quer dizer. I know what you mean.
OK. Certo. Entendo o que quer dizer. OK. Right. I see what you mean.
Eu entendi o que você quis dizer. I got what you mean.
Eu não sei o que você quis dizer. I don't know what you mean.
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