tagliare

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin tāliāre, a verb based on Latin tālea (cutting taken from a plant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taʎˈʎa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ta‧glià‧re
  • (file)

Verb

tagliàre (first-person singular present tàglio, first-person singular past historic tagliài, past participle tagliàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to cut, to slash
  2. (enology) to spike (to add a small amount of one substance to another)
  3. (mineralogy) to cleave (to break a single crystal such as a gemstone)
  4. to crop (a photo, etc.)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • ? Spanish: tallar

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