tallar

m.

coppice, small wood, thicket, copse.

v.

1 to carve (esculpir) (madera, piedra).

El joyero grabó el anillo The jeweller engraved the ring.

2 to measure (the height of).

3 to scrub (limpiar). (Mexican Spanish)

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tallar

► verbo transitivo

1 (madera, piedra) to carve, shape; (piedras preciosas) to cut; (metales) to engrave

2 (medir) to measure the height of

3 (valorar) to value, appraise

4 (en naipes) to deal

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verb

1) to carve

2) cut

3) measure (height)

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I

1. VT

1) [+ madera] to carve, work; [+ piedra] to sculpt; [+ diamante] to cut; [+ metal] to engrave

2) [+ persona] to measure (the height of)

3) (Naipes) to deal

2.

VI (Naipes) to deal, be banker

3.

See:

tallarse

II *

1. VT

1) And (=fastidiar) to bother, annoy

2) And (=azotar) to beat

2.

VI Cono Sur (=chismear) to gossip; [amantes] to whisper sweet nothings

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <madera> to carve; <escultura/mármol> to sculpt; <piedras preciosas> to cut

2) (Esp) <reclutas> to measure (and kit out)

3) (Méx)

a) (para limpiar) to scrub

b) (para aliviar) to rub

2.

tallar vi (Col) zapatos (+ me/te/le etc) to be too tight

3.

tallarse v pron

1) (Méx) (para limpiarse) to scrub oneself; (para aliviar) to rub oneself

2) (Méx fam) (batallar mucho) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)

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= carve, cut, carve out, hew, chisel.

Ex. What the presidency needs is a job description; not one carved in a tablet of stone and certainly not one which would form all future presidents in the same sanitised mould.

Ex. Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.

Ex. In consequence, deafened people have to carve out a sense of identity by developing associations & communicative strategies.

Ex. Oak was shaped by splitting with wooden wedges, and by hewing with axes or adzes.

Ex. It was a huge space with hundreds of workers, some digging ditches, some mixing cement, some laying bricks and one chiseling a piece of marble into a statue.

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* tallar con una navaja = whittle.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <madera> to carve; <escultura/mármol> to sculpt; <piedras preciosas> to cut

2) (Esp) <reclutas> to measure (and kit out)

3) (Méx)

a) (para limpiar) to scrub

b) (para aliviar) to rub

2.

tallar vi (Col) zapatos (+ me/te/le etc) to be too tight

3.

tallarse v pron

1) (Méx) (para limpiarse) to scrub oneself; (para aliviar) to rub oneself

2) (Méx fam) (batallar mucho) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)

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= carve, cut, carve out, hew, chisel.

Ex: What the presidency needs is a job description; not one carved in a tablet of stone and certainly not one which would form all future presidents in the same sanitised mould.

Ex: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.

Ex: In consequence, deafened people have to carve out a sense of identity by developing associations & communicative strategies.

Ex: Oak was shaped by splitting with wooden wedges, and by hewing with axes or adzes.

Ex: It was a huge space with hundreds of workers, some digging ditches, some mixing cement, some laying bricks and one chiseling a piece of marble into a statue.

* tallar con una navaja = whittle.

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tallar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹madera› to carve

una cruz tallada en madera a cross carved in wood

2 ‹escultura/figura/mármol› to sculpt

3 ‹piedras preciosas› to cut

un florero de cristal tallado a cut-glass vase

B ‹reclutas› to measure (and kit out)

C (Méx)

1 (para limpiar) to scrub

2 (para aliviar) to rub

■ tallar

vi

(Col) «zapatos» (+ me/te/le etc) to be too tight

estas botas me tallan these boots are too tight for me, these boots are pinching me

■ tallarse

v pron

A (Méx) (para limpiarse) to scrub oneself; (para aliviar) to rub oneself

no te talles los ojos don't rub your eyes

B (Méx fam) (batallar mucho) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)

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tallar (conjugate tallar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹madera› to carve;
‹escultura/mármol› to sculpt;
‹piedras preciosas› to cut
2 (Méx)

a) (para limpiar) to scrub

b) (para aliviar) to rub

verbo intransitivo (Col) [zapatos] to be too tight
tallarse verbo pronominal (Méx)

a) (para limpiarse) to scrub oneself

b) (para aliviar) to rub oneself;

‹ojos› to rub
tallar verbo transitivo
1 (dar forma, esculpir) to sculpt
(piedras preciosas) to cut
(la madera) to carve
(el metal) to engrave
2 (medir a una persona) to measure the height of
'tallar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
talla
English:
carve
- chisel
- cut
- shape
- scrub
- uncut
- whittle

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tallar

♦ vt

1. [esculpir] [madera] to carve;

[piedra] to sculpt, to carve; [metal] to sculpt; [piedra preciosa] to cut;

talló un corazón en el árbol he carved a heart in the tree trunk

2. [medir] to measure (the height of)

3. Méx [limpiar] to scrub

4. Méx [masajear] to rub

♦ See also the pronominal verb tallarse

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tallar

v/t

1 madera carve; piedra sculpt; piedra preciosa cut

2 Méx

rub; al lavarse scrub

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tallar vt

1) : to sculpt, to carve

2) : to measure (someone's height)

3) : to deal (cards)

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tallar vb (esculpir) to carve