# dizer
## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diˈθeɾ/ [d̪iˈθeɾ]
* IPA: (standard) /diˈθeɾ/ [d̪iˈθeɾ]
* IPA: (seseo) /diˈseɾ/ [d̪iˈseɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Hyphenation: di‧zer

### Verb

dizer (first-person singular present digo, first-person singular preterite dixem or disse, past participle dito, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of dicir

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* “dizer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Ladino
### Verb

dizer
* Alternative form of dezir
** 2013, Bouena Sarfatty Garfinkle, "Family Dynamics", in Renée Levine Melammed, An Ode to Salonika: The Ladino Verses of Bouena Sarfatty, p. 80:
    Kouando los Nahmias alevantan el vaso para dizer lehaim, / Eze de korason.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin dīcere, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diˈd͡zeɾ/
* Rhymes: -eɾ

### Verb

dizer
* to say, to tell
* to speak
* to communicate

#### Descendants

* Galician: dicir, dizer (reintegrationist), decer
* Portuguese: dizer

#### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "dizer"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dizer, from Latin dīcere, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”). Compare Galician dicir.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiˈze(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiˈze(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /d͡ʒiˈze(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiˈze(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒiˈze(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /diˈzeɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /diˈzeɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /diˈze.ɾi/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /diˈze(h)/
* (Rural Central Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒiˈze(ɹ)/
* Hyphenation: di‧zer
* Audio (rustic Central Brazil):(file)

### Verb

dizer (first-person singular present digo, first-person singular preterite disse, past participle dito) (transitive)
* to say
** to speak; to pronounce; to utter; to say
    Abra/e a boca e diga/diz aaaaa.Open your mouth and say aaaaah.
    Ele disse “eu nunca fiz isto”.He said “I’ve never done this”
** to tell; to say (to communicate information to someone) [with (Portugal or formal) a or (Brazil) para ‘to someone’]
*** 2005, Matthew D. Bauer, O Poder de Cura da Acupressura e da Acupuntura, Editora Pensamento, →ISBN, page 142:Se você sentir que a acupuntura incomoda, discuta o assunto com o seu acupunturista. Se não ficar satisfeito com o que ele lhe disser, procure outro acupunturista que use agulhas mais finas.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
*** 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 516:Não é bonito dizer isso a uma pessoa.It's not nice to say that to a person.
** to say (to indicate a given fact) [with que (+ clause) ‘that’]
    A placa diz que não podemos entrar.The sign says that we can’t go in.
* to discern; to tell, to distinguish
** 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 240:Era difícil dizer se a professora os ouvira, pois seu rosto estava oculto pelas sombras.It was difficult to tell whether the teacher had heard them, because her face was hidden by the shadows.
* (of a person) to mean
    Synonym: querer dizer
    Vamos à festa para comer... Digo, celebrar.We're going to the party to eat... I mean, to celebrate.
    “Ir para o céu” você diz... morrer?By “go to heaven” you mean... to die?
* (Should we delete this sense?) (reflexive, impersonal, with que) to say (to have as a common expression or common knowledge)
    Synonym: dizem

#### Derived terms

* dizível
* indizível
* querer dizer

#### Related terms

* bendizer
* maldizer