Polyglot Dictionary

tell

/tɛl/

verb A1
V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

3rd person singular
tells
past
told
past participle
told
gerund
telling

Meaning

  1. decir, contar

    • He tells a funny story.

      Cuenta una historia graciosa.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

count

Both relate to Spanish "contar," but they are unrelated: tell can mean telling a story, while count means counting numbers — "contar" describes both.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa tell?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: He ___ a funny story.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a tell?

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