dire la propria

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to say one's own”.

Verb

dìre la propria (first-person singular present dìco la propria, first-person singular past historic dìssi la propria, past participle détto la propria, first-person singular imperfect dicévo la propria, second-person singular imperative dì' la propria or (with syntactic gemination after the verb, with written accent) dì la propria, auxiliary avére)

1. to express one's opinions

   i manifestanti possono dire la loro per le strade

   the demonstrators can express their opinions on the streets