dar la talla
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdaɾ la ˈtaʝa/ [ˌd̪aɾ la ˈt̪a.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˌdaɾ la ˈtaʎa/ [ˌd̪aɾ la ˈt̪a.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˌdaɾ la ˈtaʃa/ [ˌd̪aɾ la ˈt̪a.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˌdaɾ la ˈtaʒa/ [ˌd̪aɾ la ˈt̪a.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: dar la ta‧lla
Verb
dar la talla (first-person singular present doy la talla, first-person singular preterite di la talla, past participle dado la talla)
- (idiomatic) to hit the mark; fit the bill, measure up
Further reading
- “dar alguien la talla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024