"tallar" English translation

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"tallar" in English

volume_up
tallar {vb}
EN
volume_up
tallar {v.t.}
EN
volume_up
tallar {v.i.}
EN
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Translations & Examples

ES tallar
volume_up
 [tallando|tallado] {verb}

tallar (also: trinchar, cincelar, labrar)
volume_up
 to carve [carved|carved; carven] {vb}
Los artefactos van desde complicadas cajas de madera maleable hasta un sombrero tejido y bellamente pintado; desde anzuelos tallados hasta tótems.
The artifacts range from intricate bentwood boxes to a beautifully painted woven hat; from carved fish-hooks to model totem poles.
tallar (also: labrar)
volume_up
 to chisel [chiseled; chiselled|chiseled; chiselled] {v.t.} (wood, metal)
tallar
volume_up
 to cut [cut|cut] {v.t.} (carve, shape)

ES tallar
volume_up
 [tallando|tallado] {transitive verb}

  1. general
  2. "reclutas"
  3. "escultura, figura, mármol"
  4. "para limpiar"
  5. "para aliviar"

1. general

tallar (also: cortar, labrar)
volume_up
 to hew [hewed|hewed; hewn] {vb}
tallar
volume_up
 to whittle [whittled|whittled] {v.t.}

2. "reclutas"

tallar (also: medir, compasar, medirse, dimensionar)
volume_up
 to measure [measured|measured] {vb}
Una Unión más grande exige unas pautas de medición más grandes y en este sentido este Tratado no da la talla.
A larger Union requires a longer yardstick and, measured by that yardstick, this Treaty falls some way short.
Lo cierto es que en momentos difíciles como éstos, es cuando se mide la talla histórica de los dirigentes políticos.
What is certain is that it is in difficult times such as these that the historic stature of political leaders is measured.
A juzgar por el objetivo que da la misma Comisión en la comunicación, a saber, la publicación de las medidas que deberían ser tomadas, la Comisión no da la talla.
Measured by the yardstick which the Commission itself attaches to the communication, namely publication of the actions that have to be taken, the Commission has fallen short.

3. "escultura, figura, mármol"

tallar (also: esculpir, modelar, amoldar)
volume_up
 to sculpt {vb}

4. "para limpiar"

tallar (also: restregar, fregar)
volume_up
 to scrub [scrubbed|scrubbed] {vb}

5. "para aliviar"

tallar (also: restregar, friccionar, frotar, frisar)
volume_up
 to rub [rubbed|rubbed] {vb}

ES tallar
volume_up
 [tallando|tallado] {intransitive verb}

1. "zapatos", Colombia

tallar (also: tirar, apretar)
volume_up
 to be too tight {vb}

Synonyms

Synonyms (Spanish) for "tallar":

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