was saying, said
A tragédia, dizia, é que nunca acontecia.
The tragedy, he said, was that it never happened.
— Clube da Luta (1999)
Não entendi muito bem o que dizia.
I didn't quite understand what he was saying.
— Paris, Te Amo (2006)
O Tom não parecia interessado no que a Mary dizia.
Tom didn't seem interested in what Mary was saying.
Como minha mãe dizia, era um círculo vicioso.
As my mother used to say, it was a vicious circle.
— Agente Zeta (2026)
Eu acreditava em tudo o que você dizia.
I believed everything you said.
Do you remember what the stone said?
— Indiana Jones e a Última Cruzada (1989)
Ultimamente dizia, também, coisas sem sentido.
Lately, he's also been saying nonsensical things.
— Cinema Paradiso (1988)