what (someone) was saying
Porque hago siempre lo que decía mi abuelo.
Because I always do what my grandfather said.
— El espíritu de la colmena (1973)
Creí que no estaba segura de lo que decía.
I thought she wasn't sure what she was saying.
¿Te refieres a lo que decía tu amiga científica?
Are you referring to what your scientist friend was saying?
— El día del fin del mundo: Migración (2026)
Pero nadie sabe lo que decía la nota.
But nobody knows what the note said.
Tom apenas podía entender lo que decía Mary.
Tom could barely understand what Mary was saying.
Entendí lo que decía, las señales que me enviaba.
I understood what he was saying, the signals he was sending me.
— Anatomía de una Caída (2023)
Ya que Tom hablaba en francés, yo no podía entender lo que decía.
Since Tom was speaking French, I couldn't understand what he was saying.
Tom admitió que lo que decía estaba mal.
Tom admitted that what he said was wrong.