# tallar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈʎa(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Syllabification: ta‧llar

### Verb

tallar
* to cut
* to slice, cut
    tallar pan ― slice bread
* to cut off, slice off, chop off
* to cut down (e.g. a tree)
* to cut up (e.g. a piece of paper)
* to cut out
* to cut short
* to cut, take a shortcut
* to cut (cards)

#### Derived terms

* buen tallo
* retallada
* retallar
* tall
* tallaracholas
* tallarrobas
* tallau
* tallaunglas
* tallaunyas
* tallaviento
* tallet
* tallo
* talluciar

### Further reading

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

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [təˈʎa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [taˈʎaɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

tallar (first-person singular present tallo, first-person singular preterite tallí, past participle tallat)
* to cut
* to slice, cut
    tallar pa ― slice bread
* to cut off, slice off, chop off
* to cut down (e.g. a tree)
* to cut up (e.g. a piece of paper)
* to cut out
* to cut short
* to cut, take a shortcut
* to cut (cards)

#### Derived terms

* atallar
* retallar
* tall
* talla
* talla-rajoles
* talla-roques
* tallaarrels
* tallacircuit
* tallador
* tallaferro
* tallagespa
* tallahams
* tallamar
* tallament
* tallant
* tallaperns
* tallatge
* tallaungles
* tallavent
* tauler de tallar

### References

* “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.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* talhar (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈʎaɾ/

### Verb

tallar (first-person singular present tallo, first-person singular preterite tallei, past participle tallado)
* to cut
    Synonym: cortar
* to mow
* to sculpt by cutting
* to carve

#### Derived terms

* atallar
* destallar
* entallar
* talla
* tallada
* talladeira
* tallador
* tallo

### References

* 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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Italian tagliare, from Late Latin taliāre. Doublet of tajar, which was inherited from Latin. Compare English tally.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈʝaɾ/ [t̪aˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /taˈʝaɾ/ [t̪aˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /taˈʎaɾ/ [t̪aˈʎaɾ]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /taˈʃaɾ/ [t̪aˈʃaɾ]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /taˈʒaɾ/ [t̪aˈʒaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ta‧llar

### Verb

tallar (first-person singular present tallo, first-person singular preterite tallé, past participle tallado)
* to sculpt
* to measure
* to carve
* to whittle
* (Mexico) to scrub, to rub in
    Synonym: estregar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* talla

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

tallar
* indefinite plural of tall