No. 1,194 in Portuguese
disseram
"Disseram" means "they said" in English.
In a sentence
Eles disseram que chegariam mais tarde.
They said they would arrive later.
In this sentence, 'disseram' is used as the third-person plural past of 'dizer', meaning 'they said', indicating an action that was completed in the past.
Me disseram que você precisava de ajuda.
They told me that you needed help.
Here, 'disseram' conveys the pronouncement from an unspecified subject in past tense, implying an indirect communication or report made to the speaker.
As notícias disseram que haveria chuva hoje.
The news said that there would be rain today.
'Disseram' here is metaphorically assigned to 'the news', in the third-person plural, suggesting personified communication by media sources.
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