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1 talla
Del verbo tallar: ( conjugate tallar) \ \
talla es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativoMultiple Entries: talla tallar
talla sustantivo femeninoa) (Indum) size;◊ ¿cuál es su talla? what size are you?;de o en todas las tallas in all sizes
tallar ( conjugate tallar) verbo transitivo 1 ‹ madera› to carve; ‹escultura/mármol› to sculpt; ‹ piedras preciosas› to cut 2 (Méx) verbo intransitivo (Col) [ zapatos] to be too tight tallarse verbo pronominal (Méx) ‹ ojos› to rub
talla sustantivo femenino
1 (de ropa) size
¿cuál es tu talla?, what size are you?
2 (altura) height, stature: no da la talla para jugar al baloncesto, he's not tall enough to play basketball
3 (categoría, importancia) standing
un pintor de gran talla, a painter of great stature
4 (acción de tallar: piedras preciosas) cutting (: madera) carving (: metal) engraving
5 (escultura tallada) sculpture, (wood) carving Locuciones: figurado dar la talla, to make the grade, measure up
tallar verbo transitivo
1 (dar forma, esculpir) to sculpt (piedras preciosas) to cut (la madera) to carve (el metal) to engrave
2 (medir a una persona) to measure the height of ' talla' also found in these entries: Spanish: belleza - mayor - sentar - única - único - quedar English: fit - height - M - scratch - size - take - wanting - woodcarving - carving - L - medium - out - preferably - stature -
2 estatura
estatura sustantivo femenino height; ¿qué estatura tenía? how tall was she?; de mediana estatura of medium height
estatura f (altura) height: ¿qué estatura tiene?, how tall is he? ' estatura' also found in these entries: Spanish: baja - bajo - estirón - ganar - mediana - mediano - pequeña - pequeño - alcanzar - orden - petiso - superar - talla English: height - ht - size - stature - average -
3 towering
1) (very high: towering cliffs.) elevado, dominante2) ((of rage, fury etc) very violent or angry: He was in a towering rage.) intenso, extremotr['taʊərɪŋ]1 (tall) muy alto,-a, elevado,-a, dominante2 (rage) violento,-a, intenso,-a, extremo,-a3 (person) destacado,-a, dominantetowering ['taʊərɪŋ] adj: altísimo, imponenteadj.• elevado, -a adj.• muy alto adj.• muy grande adj.• muy violento adj.'taʊərɪŋadjective (before n)a) < buildingee> altísimob) <achievement/genius> destacado, sobresaliente['taʊǝrɪŋ]ADJ [peak, mountain] elevado, imponente; [building] muy alto, imponente por su altura; [figure] (in stature) imponente, altísimo; (in literature, arts etc) destacado, sobresaliente* * *['taʊərɪŋ]adjective (before n)a) <building/tree> altísimob) <achievement/genius> destacado, sobresaliente
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