tallar

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

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

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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)

• “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.

• talhar (reintegrationist)

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.

• 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

• “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 taliāre. 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

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

tallar

1. indefinite plural of tall