loro dissero

said, told

→ dire
verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Uncommon #15,472
said, told A literary or formal past-tense form; everyday speech usually uses *hanno detto*.
IT: Dissero la verità.
EN: They told the truth.
Conjugation of dire
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First dissi dicemmo
Second dicesti detti
Third disse dissero

Tom e Mary dissero a John che non erano felici.

Tom and Mary told John that they weren't happy.

Loro dissero le loro preghiere per la vittoria.

They said their prayers for victory.

Me lo dissero.

They told me.

Loro non dissero nulla.

They didn't say anything.

Dissero le loro preghiere per la vittoria.

They said their prayers for victory.

Tom e Mary dissero a John perché lo volevano fare.

Tom and Mary told John why they wanted to do it.

Dissero a tutti che erano scettici.

They told everyone they were skeptical.

Non dissero dove erano andati.

They didn't say where they had gone.

Dissero sempre che erano fortunate.

They always said they were lucky.

Tom e Mary dissero a John che erano imbarazzati.

Tom and Mary told John they were embarrassed.

Lo dissero.

They said it.

Dissero di non avere paura.

They said they weren't afraid.

Tom e Mary dissero a John che non volevano studiare francese.

Tom and Mary told John that they didn’t want to study French.

Dissero a tutti che erano scettiche.

They told everyone they were skeptical.

I poliziotti non dissero quello quando Missy Lei la portò a Chongqing!

The police didn't say that when Missy Lei took her to Chongqing!

— Still Life (2006)

Dissero no.

They said no.

Perché non lo dissero alla polizia?

Why didn’t they tell the police?

— Contrattempo (2017)

Alcuni di loro dissero di sì, e gli altri dissero di no.

Some of them said yes, and the others said no.

Dissero di non aver mai visto Tom.

They said they had never seen Tom.

Non dissero mai che non erano sposati.

They never said they weren't married.

Dissero sempre che erano fortunati.

They always said they were lucky.