era verdad

was true

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phrase Uncommon #15,792

was true Used to say that a statement or claim was true.

SP: Lo que me dijiste era verdad.

EN: What you told me was true.

Nada de lo que dijo Tom era verdad.

Nothing Tom said was true.

Tom reconoció que era verdad.

Tom admitted that it was true.

It was true.

Finalmente reconocieron que era verdad.

They finally admitted that it was true.

La señora me dijo que era verdad.

The lady told me it was true.

— Guardianes del día (2006)

Tomás dijo que no era verdad.

Tomás said it wasn't true.

Él admitió que era verdad.

He admitted that it was true.

Les he dicho que todo lo que escribiste era verdad.

I told them that everything you wrote was true.

— Casi famosos (2000)

Cuando decía que podía hacerle una máquina, era verdad.

When he said he could make a machine for you, it was true.

Lo que él dijo no era verdad.

What he said wasn't true.

Lo que dijiste era verdad.

What you said was true.

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

Tom se preguntaba si lo que Mary dijo era verdad.

Tom wondered if what Mary said was true.

Supe que no era verdad.

I found out it wasn't true.

Todo lo que dije era verdad.

Everything I said was true.

Nada de eso era verdad.

None of that was true.

Parece que todo era verdad.

It seems that everything was true.

— A Taxi Driver: Los héroes de Gwangju (2017)

Descubrimos que lo que él dijo no era verdad.

We discovered that what he said wasn’t true.

Y era verdad, pero no como tú lo entendiste.

And it was true, but not as you understood it.

— Dolor y gloria (2019)

Probablemente no era verdad.

That probably wasn't true.

Todo lo que dijo era verdad.

Everything he said was true.

Todo lo que Tom dijo sobre Mary era verdad.

Everything Tom said about Mary was true.

Tom admitió que lo que Mary dijo era verdad.

Tom admitted that what Mary said was true.