tallar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan tallar~taylar, from Late Latin taliāre, verb based on Latin talea (“cutting taken from a plant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [təˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [taˈʎaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

tallar (first-person singular present tallo, first-person singular preterite tallí, 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)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tallar (first conjugation)

infinitive			tallar
gerund			tallant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tallat		tallada
		plural		tallats		tallades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tallo	talles	talla	tallem	talleu	tallen
	imperfect	tallava	tallaves	tallava	tallàvem	tallàveu	tallaven
	future	tallaré	tallaràs	tallarà	tallarem	tallareu	tallaran
	preterite	tallí	tallares	tallà	tallàrem	tallàreu	tallaren
	conditional	tallaria	tallaries	tallaria	tallaríem	tallaríeu	tallarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	talli	tallis	talli	tallem	talleu	tallin
	imperfect	tallés	tallessis	tallés	talléssim	talléssiu	tallessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	talla	talli	tallem	talleu	tallin
	negative (no)	—	no tallis	no talli	no tallem	no talleu	no tallin

Derived terms

• atallar
• retallar
• tall
• talla
• talla-rajoles
• talla-roques
• tallaarrels
• tallacircuit
• tallaferro
• tallagespa
• tallahams
• tallamar
• tallament
• tallant
• tallatge
• tallaungles
• tallavent
• tauler de tallar

 

References

• “tallar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tallar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tallar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin taliāre, a verb based on Latin talea (“cutting taken from a plant”). Cognate with Portuguese talhar and Spanish tajar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈʎaɾ/

Verb

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

1. to cut

   Synonym: cortar

2. to mow
3. to sculpt by cutting
4. to carve

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tallar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tallar
Personal	tallar	tallares	tallar	tallarmos	tallardes	tallaren
Gerund
	tallando
Past participle
Masculine	tallado			tallados
Feminine	tallada			talladas
Indicative
Present	tallo	tallas	talla	tallamos	tallades	tallan
Imperfect	tallaba	tallabas	tallaba	tallabamos	tallabades	tallaban
Preterite	tallei	tallaches	tallou	tallamos	tallastes	tallaron
Pluperfect	tallara	tallaras	tallara	tallaramos	tallarades	tallaran
Future	tallarei	tallarás	tallará	tallaremos	tallaredes	tallarán
Conditional	tallaría	tallarías	tallaría	tallariamos	tallariades	tallarían
Subjunctive
Present	talle	talles	talle	tallemos	talledes	tallen
Imperfect	tallase	tallases	tallase	tallásemos	tallásedes	tallasen
Future	tallar	tallares	tallar	tallarmos	tallardes	tallaren
Imperative
Affirmative		talla	talle	tallemos	tallade	tallen
Negative (non)		non talles	non talle	non tallemos	non talledes	non tallen

Derived terms

• atallar
• destallar
• entallar
• talla
• tallada
• talladeira
• tallador
• tallo

 

References

• “tallar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “tall” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “tallar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tallar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tallar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Italian tagliare, from Late Latin taliāre. Doublet of tajar, which was inherited from Latin. Compare English tally.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /taˈʝaɾ/ [t̪aˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /taˈʝaɾ/ [t̪aˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /taˈʎaɾ/ [t̪aˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /taˈʃaɾ/ [t̪aˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /taˈʒaɾ/ [t̪aˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ta‧llar

Verb

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

1. to sculpt
2. to measure
3. to carve
4. to whittle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tallar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tallar
gerund			tallando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tallado		tallada
		plural		tallados		talladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tallo	tallastú tallásvos	talla	tallamos	talláis	tallan
	imperfect	tallaba	tallabas	tallaba	tallábamos	tallabais	tallaban
	preterite	tallé	tallaste	talló	tallamos	tallasteis	tallaron
	future	tallaré	tallarás	tallará	tallaremos	tallaréis	tallarán
	conditional	tallaría	tallarías	tallaría	tallaríamos	tallaríais	tallarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	talle	tallestú tallésvos2	talle	tallemos	talléis	tallen
	imperfect (ra)	tallara	tallaras	tallara	talláramos	tallarais	tallaran
	imperfect (se)	tallase	tallases	tallase	tallásemos	tallaseis	tallasen
	future1	tallare	tallares	tallare	talláremos	tallareis	tallaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tallatú tallávos	talle	tallemos	tallad	tallen
	negative		no talles	no talle	no tallemos	no talléis	no tallen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of tallar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tallar
	dative	tallarme	tallarte	tallarle, tallarse	tallarnos	tallaros	tallarles, tallarse
	accusative	tallarme	tallarte	tallarlo, tallarla, tallarse	tallarnos	tallaros	tallarlos, tallarlas, tallarse
with gerund tallando
	dative	tallándome	tallándote	tallándole, tallándose	tallándonos	tallándoos	tallándoles, tallándose
	accusative	tallándome	tallándote	tallándolo, tallándola, tallándose	tallándonos	tallándoos	tallándolos, tallándolas, tallándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative talla
	dative	tállame	tállate	tállale	tállanos	not used	tállales
	accusative	tállame	tállate	tállalo, tállala	tállanos	not used	tállalos, tállalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tallá
	dative	tallame	tallate	tallale	tallanos	not used	tallales
	accusative	tallame	tallate	tallalo, tallala	tallanos	not used	tallalos, tallalas
with formal second-person singular imperative talle
	dative	tálleme	not used	tállele, tállese	tállenos	not used	tálleles
	accusative	tálleme	not used	tállelo, tállela, tállese	tállenos	not used	tállelos, tállelas
with first-person plural imperative tallemos
	dative	not used	tallémoste	tallémosle	tallémonos	tallémoos	tallémosles
	accusative	not used	tallémoste	tallémoslo, tallémosla	tallémonos	tallémoos	tallémoslos, tallémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tallad
	dative	talladme	not used	talladle	talladnos	tallaos	talladles
	accusative	talladme	not used	talladlo, talladla	talladnos	tallaos	talladlos, talladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tallen
	dative	tállenme	not used	tállenle	tállennos	not used	tállenles, tállense
	accusative	tállenme	not used	tállenlo, tállenla	tállennos	not used	tállenlos, tállenlas, tállense

Related terms

• talla

 

Further reading

• “tallar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

tallar

1. indefinite plural of tall