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he said, she said

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue, prototypically involving a situation between a man and a woman with no other witnesses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Across languages

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12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قِيل وَقال (qīl waqāl) — conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 各執一詞 /各执一词 (gèzhíyīcí) — conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue
  • Finnish: sana sanaa vastaan — conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue
  • German: Gerede — conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue
  • German: Behauptungen — conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue
  • German: Aussage gegen Aussage — conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue
  • Japanese: 言った言わない (itta iwanai) — conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue
  • Polish: szukanie winnego — conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue
  • Portuguese: disse me disse — conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue
  • Portuguese: diz que me disse — conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue
  • Spanish: dimes y diretes — conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue
  • Spanish: Él dijo, ella dijo — conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue