Tell
Spanish Meaning
contar decir saber confesarse recitar admitir marear rezar comunicar informar anunciar indicar marcar mandar distinguir conocer reconocer estar en el ajo relatar soplar tener efecto enterar hacer mella
English Meaning
- To give a detailed account of; narrate: tell what happened; told us a story.
- To communicate by speech or writing; express with words: tell the truth; tell one's love.
- To make known; reveal: tell a secret; tell fortunes.
- To notify; inform.
- To inform positively; assure: I tell you, the plan will work.
- To give instructions to; direct: told the customers to wait in line.
- To discover by observation; discern: could tell that he was upset.
- To name or number one by one; count: telling one's blessings; 16 windows, all told.
- To give an account or revelation: is prepared to break silence and tell.
- To give evidence; inform: promised not to tell on her friend.
- To have an effect or impact: In this game every move tells.
- tell off Informal To rebuke severely; reprimand.
- A mound, especially in the Middle East, made up of the remains of a succession of previous settlements.