contarle

tell, tell him


Verb contarle

  1. Compound of the infinitive contar and the pronoun le.

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Examples
  • No me atrevo a contarle las malas noticias.

    I dare not tell her the sad news.

  • Tom dijo que pensaba que sería un gran error contarle a Mary lo que había pasado.

    Tom said he thought that it would be a big mistake to tell Mary what had happened.

  • Vete a contarle esas trolas a otro.

    Go tell those fibs to someone else.

  • Sería una pérdida de energía contarle una historia para pararle los pelos a un calvo.

    It would be a waste of energy to tell a hair-raising story to a bald man.

  • No necesité contarle.

    I didn't need to tell him.

  • Entiendo que alguien tiene que contarle a Tom lo de la muerte de Mary. ¿Tengo que ser yo?

    I know someone needs to tell Tom about Mary's death. Does it have to be me?

  • Voy a contarle a Tom la verdad.

    I'm going to tell Tom the truth.

  • Tom no quiso contarle el secreto a Mary, pero lo hizo.

    Tom didn't mean to tell Mary the secret, but he did.

  • Solo quiero contarle a Tom antes de que otro le cuente.

    I just want to tell Tom before somebody else does.

  • No quería contarle a Tom de esto.

    I didn't want to tell Tom about this.

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