dictar
Meanings
Verb
1. to dictate (ambitransitive)
2. to pronounce (transitive)
3. to give; to deliver (i.e. a lecture) (transitive)
4. to lay down (law, transitive)
Examples14
dictar la sentencia
deliver the sentence
dictar una oración
dictate a sentence
dictar la ley
lay down the law
El Supremo dicta la inviolabilidad del dormitorio de los soldados
The Supreme Court lays down the inviolability of the soldiers' dormitory
Haz lo que te dicte tu corazón.
Do as your heart dictates.
Tom no cree que su género le deba dictar cómo actuar.
Tom doesn't think his gender should dictate how he should act.