言ってたよ

said

→ 言う
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said A casual contraction of 言っていたよ. The final よ adds emphasis, often as if sharing or reminding someone of information.
JA: 彼は明日来るって言ってたよ。
EN: He said he’s coming tomorrow.

お父さんは医者だって言ってたよ。

He said his father is a doctor.

みんなそう言ってたよ。

Everyone was saying that.

ずっとボストンに住んでるって、トム言ってたよ。

Tom said he's lived in Boston the whole time.

そう言ってたよなジョー?

That's what you said, right, Joe?

— レザボア・ドッグス (1992)

パパ言ってたよ

Dad said so.

— クワイエット・プレイス (2018)

これ昨日の晩言ってたよな鍵がねえって

You said last night that you didn't have the key, right?

— The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008)

これからメアリーと話に行くところだって、トム言ってたよ。

Tom said he was just about to go talk to Mary.

トムもそう言ってたよ。

Tom said so too.