tallar

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Late Latin taleare or taliāre, present active infinitive of taliō, from Latin talea.

Verb

tallar (first-person singular present tallo, past participle tallat)

1. to cut
2. to slice, cut

   tallar pa

   slice bread

3. to cut off, slice off, chop off
4. to cut down (e.g. a tree)
5. to cut up (e.g. a piece of paper)
6. to cut out
7. to cut short
8. to cut, take a shortcut
9. to cut (cards)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tallar, from Late Latin taliāre, present active infinitive of taliō, from Latin talea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈʎaɾ/

Verb

tallar (first-person singular present tallo, first-person singular preterite tallei, past participle tallado)

1. to cut
2. to mow
3. to sculpt by cutting
4. to carve
5. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of tallar
6. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of tallar

References

• “tallar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “tallar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “tallar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “tallar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “tallar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Italian tagliare, from Late Latin taleāre or taliāre, present active infinitive of taliō, from Latin talea. Doublet of tajar, which was inherited from Latin.

Pronunciation

• (non-yeísmo) IPA^(key): [ta̠ˈʎa̠ɾ]
• (ll-y neutralization) IPA^(key): [ta̠ˈʝa̠ɾ]
• (Rioplatense) IPA^(key): [ta̠ˈʒa̠ɾ], [ta̠ˈʃa̠ɾ]

Verb

tallar (first-person singular present tallo, first-person singular preterite tallé, past participle tallado)

1. to sculpt
2. to measure

Noun

tallar

1. indefinite plural of tall