tallar

Inherited from Old Navarro-Aragonese tallar, from Late Latin taliāre, verb based on Latin talea (“cutting taken from a plant”).

• IPA^(key): /taˈʎa(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: ta‧llar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

tallar

1. to cut
2. to slice, cut

   tallar pan ― 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)

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

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): (Valencia) [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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tallar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tall”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tallar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tallar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tallar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “tallar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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• (Xunhua, Qinghai; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /tɑllɑr/

tallar

1. small plate
2. tray
3. pallete

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “tallar”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian)
• Kakuk, S. (1962) “tallar”, in “Un Vocabulaire Salar”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎^[1], volume 14, number 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, pages 173-196
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “tallar”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 500
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992) “tallar”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 50
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “tallar”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 165
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “tallar”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 279

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
5. (Mexico) to scrub, to rub in

   Synonym: estregar

• “tallar”, 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

tallar

1. indefinite plural of tall