tallar

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

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

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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)

• “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.

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese tallar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin taliāre, present active infinitive of taliō, from Latin talea. Cognate with Portuguese talhar and Spanish tajar.

• IPA^(key): /taˈʎaɾ/

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
5. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of tallar
6. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of tallar

• “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.

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. Compare English tally.

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ta‧llar

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

• talla

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

tallar

1. indefinite plural of tall.