No. 72 in Italian
detto
"Detto" means "said" or "tale" (past participle of "dire") and can also mean "saying" or "proverb."
In a sentence
Hai detto una cosa interessante.
You said something interesting.
In this sentence, 'detto' is the participle form (past tense) used here as part of the verb 'avere detto' (have said).
Il detto 'Chi dorme non piglia pesci' è un proverbio italiano.
The saying 'Who sleeps doesn’t catch fish' is an Italian proverb.
Here, 'detto' is a noun meaning 'saying' or 'proverb'.
Questo vestito, se così può essere detto, è piuttosto bizzarro.
This outfit, if it can be so called, is rather bizarre.
In this context, 'detto' is a participle form used referentially to mean 'called' or 'named'.
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