told in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for told in the English»Serbian Dictionary

told [təʊld]

told pt, pp of tell

See also tell

I.tell <told, told> [tel] VB trans

1. tell:

tell (say, communicate)

reći perf

tell (relate)

govoriti imperf

to tell a joke/story

ispričati vic/priču

to tell a lie

izreći laž

to tell the truth

reći istinu

to tell [you] the truth ...

da ti pravo kažem...

can you tell me the way to the station?

možete li mi reći gde je stanica?

2. tell (assure):

tell

uveriti // uveravati

you're telling me! inf

meni pričaš!

3. tell (give account):

to tell sb about sth/sb

ispričati nekome o nečemu

4. tell (instruct):

tell

naložiti nekome nešto

do as you're told!

radi kako ti se kaže!

I won't tell you again ...

neću dvaput da ti govorim...

5. tell:

tell (discern)

primetiti // primećivati

tell (notice)

obavestiti // obaveštavati

tell (know)

znati imperf

tell (determine)

odrediti // određivati

to tell right from wrong

razlikovati dobro i loše

to tell the difference

razlikovati

to tell the time

videti koliko je sati na časovniku

II.tell <told, told> [tel] VB intr

1. tell liter (give account):

to tell of sb/sth

pričati o nekome/nečemu

2. tell (indicate):

her face told of her anger

na licu joj se videlo da je ljuta

3. tell (inform):

to tell on sb

prijaviti [or odati/tužiti] nekoga

4. tell (have an effect or impact):

tell

uticati imperf

tell

odraziti se imperf

tell

ispoljavati se imperf

I.tell <told, told> [tel] VB trans

1. tell:

tell (say, communicate)

reći perf

tell (relate)

govoriti imperf

to tell a joke/story

ispričati vic/priču

to tell a lie

izreći laž

to tell the truth

reći istinu

to tell [you] the truth ...

da ti pravo kažem...

can you tell me the way to the station?

možete li mi reći gde je stanica?

2. tell (assure):

tell

uveriti // uveravati

you're telling me! inf

meni pričaš!

3. tell (give account):

to tell sb about sth/sb

ispričati nekome o nečemu

4. tell (instruct):

tell

naložiti nekome nešto

do as you're told!

radi kako ti se kaže!

I won't tell you again ...

neću dvaput da ti govorim...

5. tell:

tell (discern)

primetiti // primećivati

tell (notice)

obavestiti // obaveštavati

tell (know)

znati imperf

tell (determine)

odrediti // određivati

to tell right from wrong

razlikovati dobro i loše

to tell the difference

razlikovati

to tell the time

videti koliko je sati na časovniku

II.tell <told, told> [tel] VB intr

1. tell liter (give account):

to tell of sb/sth

pričati o nekome/nečemu

2. tell (indicate):

her face told of her anger

na licu joj se videlo da je ljuta

3. tell (inform):

to tell on sb

prijaviti [or odati/tužiti] nekoga

4. tell (have an effect or impact):

tell

uticati imperf

tell

odraziti se imperf

tell

ispoljavati se imperf

tell off VB trans (reprimand)

tell off

ukoriti // ukoravati about/for - zbog

tell apart VB trans

tell apart

razlikovati imperf

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you'll do as you're flipping well told!

uradi kako ti je rečeno, dođavola!

she told me herself

sama mi je rekla

my boss told me to stay away from company policy

šef mi je rekao da se ne mešam u politiku firme

whoever told you that?

ko ti je, za ime sveta, to rekao?

I told Helena about it and she was not amused

ispričao sam to Heleni i nije joj se dopalo

to tell sb sth explicitly

izričito reći nekome nešto

told Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he told me to wait

rekao mi je da čekam

my mother told me not to stoop

majka mi je rekla da se ne gurim

you might have told me about the job!

mogao si baš i da mi kažeš za posao!

you'll do as you're flipping well told!

uradi kako ti je rečeno, dođavola!

you could have told me before!

mogao si ranije da mi kažeš!

her face told of her anger

na licu joj se videlo da je ljuta

I told you so

rekao sam ti

I told them I was leaving next week

rekao sa im da odlazim sledeće nedelje

she told me herself

sama mi je rekla

he told me over the phone

rekao mi je dok smo razgovarali telefonom

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Doctors told them that there would be no chance that the foetus, who had a condition called acrania, would survive longer than an hour after birth.

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The second told the first to strip off his clothes.

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It can not be sugar-coated, selectively told or truncated because it may be unsettling, divisive or even inculpatory.

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If told that the fee was for ten bottles of wine that the patron's group neither ordered nor drank, the patron would rightly be outraged.

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He told the truth, even as he struggled with the fragments of his identity.

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The director's deft defiant and untameable vision knits a blanket of lucid emotions embedded in a well-told narrative that hides a wealth of surreptitious surprises.

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In fact, half the airstaff did not even attend this meeting and were told through a conference call.

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I told him that, commendable as his idea was, such a feature would not succeed.

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The school's career placement center told him he had talent and was capable of becoming an advertising executive, funeral director, or salesman.

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The accident damaged his brain, doctors told him he could not handle another trauma.

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