told

English

Alternative forms

• tol'

Etymology

From Middle English tolde, talde (first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde (first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count; tell”), equivalent to tell +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /təʊld/, /tɔʊld/
• (US) IPA^(key): /toʊld/

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• Rhymes: -əʊld
• Homophone: tolled

Verb

told

1. simple past tense and past participle of tell

Translations

simple past tense

• Danish: fortalte
• Dutch: vertelde (nl), vertelden (nl)
• French: a dit (fr)
• German: sagte (de)
• Hebrew: לספר‎

• Norwegian: fortalte (no)
• Portuguese: disse (pt)
• Russian: сказа́л (ru) (skazál)
• Spanish: dijo (es)

past participle

• Danish: fortalt
• Dutch: verteld (nl)
• French: dit (fr)
• German: gesagt (de)

• Portuguese: dito (pt)
• Russian: сказа́вший (ru) (skazávšij)
• Spanish: dicho (es)

Anagrams

• dolt

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔl/, [tˢʌlˀ]
• Homophone: tolv

Noun

told c (singular definite tolden, not used in plural form)

1. duty, tariff (tax placed on imports or exports)

Derived terms

• tolder

Further reading

• told on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtold]
• Homophone: toldd

Etymology 1

Possibly from the verb tol +‎ -d (frequentative suffix).

Verb

told

1. (transitive) to add, to splice

Conjugation

conjugation of told

Infinitive			toldani
Past participle			toldott
Present participle			toldó
Future participle			toldandó
Adverbial participle			toldva
Potential			toldhat
			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indefinite	toldok	toldasz	told	toldunk	toldotok	toldanak
		Definite	toldom én téged/titeket toldalak	toldod	toldja	toldjuk	toldjátok	toldják
	Past	Indefinite	toldottam	toldottál	toldott	toldottunk	toldottatok	toldottak
		Definite	toldottam én téged/titeket toldottalak	toldottad	toldotta	toldottuk	toldottátok	toldották
Conditional mood	Present	Indefinite	toldanék	toldanál	toldana	toldanánk	toldanátok	toldanának
		Definite	toldanám én téged/titeket toldanálak	toldanád	toldaná	toldanánk	toldanátok	toldanák
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indefinite	toldjak	toldj or toldjál	toldjon	toldjunk	toldjatok	toldjanak
		Definite	toldjam én téged/titeket toldjalak	toldd or toldjad	toldja	toldjuk	toldjátok	toldják
Conjugated infinitive			toldanom	toldanod	toldania	toldanunk	toldanotok	toldaniuk

Derived terms

• tódít
• tódul
• toldalék
• toldás
• toldoz

(With verbal prefixes):

• kitold
• megtold

Etymology 2

tol +‎ -d

Alternative forms

• toljad

Verb

told

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of tol

References