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you told

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told

-contado

Past participle oftell.There are other translations for this conjugation.

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you told

contaste

you told(

told

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A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).

phrase

1. (short or defined period of time; used to address one person)

a. contaste

A word or phrase used to refer to the second person informal “tú” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., How are you?).

(informal)

A word or phrase that is singular (e.g., el gato).

(singular)

You told us about the flight, but how was your vacation itself?Nos contaste del vuelo, ¿pero qué tal las vacaciones en sí?

b. dijiste

A word or phrase used to refer to the second person informal “tú” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., How are you?).

(informal)

A word or phrase that is singular (e.g., el gato).

(singular)

What are you doing here? You told us you were going home.¿Qué haces aqui? Nos dijiste que te ibas a casa.

c. contó

A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., usted).

(formal)

A word or phrase that is singular (e.g., el gato).

(singular)

You told everyone what happened.Les contó a todos lo que sucedió.

d. dijo

A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., usted).

(formal)

A word or phrase that is singular (e.g., el gato).

(singular)

I know you told the truth, and that was the right thing to do.Sé que dijo la verdad, y eso fue lo correcto.

2. (short or undefined period of time; used to address multiple people)

a. contaron

A word or phrase that is plural (e.g., los libros).

(plural)

You told us everything we needed to know.Nos contaron todo lo que necesitábamos saber.

b. dijeron

A word or phrase that is plural (e.g., los libros).

(plural)

You told me something interesting before Don arrived. Could you repeat that for his benefit?Me dijeron algo interesante antes de que llegara Don. ¿Se lo podrían repetir?

3. (long or undefined period of time; used to address one person)

a. contabas

A word or phrase used to refer to the second person informal “tú” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., How are you?).

(informal)

A word or phrase that is singular (e.g., el gato).

(singular)

You told a lot of jokes when you were a kid.Contabas muchos chistes de niño.

b. decías

A word or phrase used to refer to the second person informal “tú” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., How are you?).

(informal)

A word or phrase that is singular (e.g., el gato).

(singular)

You told a lot of lies to everyone to try to make them like you.Les decías muchas mentiras a todos en un intento de caerles bien.

c. contaba

A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., usted).

(formal)

A word or phrase that is singular (e.g., el gato).

(singular)

You lied to me. You told me all the time about your company, but it turns out it never existed.Usted me mintió. Me contaba todo el tiempo de su empresa, pero resulta que jamás existió.

d. decía

A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., usted).

(formal)

A word or phrase that is singular (e.g., el gato).

(singular)

You used to be so friendly. You told everyone you met to have a wonderful day.Antes usted era muy amable. Le decía a todo el mundo que pasara buen día.

4. (long or undefined period of time; used to address multiple people)

a. contaban

A word or phrase that is plural (e.g., los libros).

(plural)

Whenever you and your friend came to visit, you told us about your time in the war.Siempre que tú y tu amigo nos caían de visita nos contaban de su tiempo en la guerra.

b. decían

A word or phrase that is plural (e.g., los libros).

(plural)

You told the people that you were looking out for their best interests, but you were robbing them the whole time.Le decían al pueblo que velaban por sus intereses, pero les estaban robando todo el tiempo.

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