dije
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editDerived from dije (“I said”), an inflexion of the verb decir. The intermediate senses appear to have been 'tall tale, gossip' → 'trifle, thingy' → 'trinket'. Cf. the noun chisme, which has all of these senses.
Noun
editdije m (plural dijes)
Adjective
editdije (invariable)
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Spanish dixe, from Latin dīxī, form of the verb dicō (“I say”).
Verb
editdije
Alternative forms
editReferences
edit- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “dije”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 495
Further reading
edit- “dije”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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