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- tabaco tobacco; cigar; cigarettes.
- taberna saloon, tavern, dive.
- tabla board, plank ¿Tiene Ud. una tabla de planchar? Have you an ironing board? ▲ list, table (of contents, prices, etc) Quiero ver la tabla de precios. I want to see the price list.
○ salvarse en una tabla to have a narrow escape. ○ tablas [f pl] stage (theater) Es gente de las tablas. They belong to the theatrical world. ▲ draw (in a game) El partido terminó en tablas. The game ended in a draw. - tablado outdoor stage, platform.
- tacha fault Es una persona sin tacha. He is a person without any faults.
- tachar to cross out Tache Ud. esa palabra. Cross out that word.
○ tachar de to accuse of being Le tacharon de ladrón. They accused him of being a thief. - taco taco (Mexican dish) Quiero un taco de puerco. I want a pork taco. ▲ heel (of a shoe) [Am] Usa tacos muy altos. She wears very high heels.
○ echar tacos to swear, curse [Sp] . ○ taco de billar billiard cue. - tacón [m] heel (of shoe).
- táctica tactics; policy, way of doing Tendremos que emplear otra táctica. We'll have to use different tactics.
- tacto touch, sense of touch Esta tela es muy suave al tacto. This cloth is very soft to the touch. ▲ tact Tiene mucho tacto para tratar a sus amigos. He's very tactful with his friends.
- tajada slice (usually meat).
- tal such Jamás se ha visto tal cosa. Never has such a thing been seen. ▲ such (a) thing Ud. me dijo eso y no hay tal cosa. You told me that, but there's no such thing.
○ con tal que provided that Con tal que me lo haga Ud. bien no importa el precio. Provided you do it well the price doesn't matter. ○ el tal, la tal that (contemptuous) No me gustó la tal comedia. I didn't like that comedy. ○ tal como just as Siga tal como empezó. Go on just as you started. ○ tal cual as Me gusta tal cual es. I like it as it is. ▲ so-so [Mex] "¿Cómo está Ud.?" "Tal cual." "How are you?" "So-so." ○ tales y tales such and such Me dijo: Pregunte a tales y tales personas . . . . He said to me: Ask such and such persons . . . .
○ tal para cual two of a kind Son tal para cual. They're two of a kind. ○ un tal a certain ¿Conoce Ud. a un tal Pérez? Do you know a certain Pérez?
|| ¿Qué tal? How do you do? or How's everything? - talabartería leather workshop, harnessmaker's shop.
- taladro drill, bit.
- talante [m] ○ mal talante bad humor, bad disposition.
- talento talent, brains.
- talla carving Se ha dedicado a la talla en madera. She devoted herself to wood carving. ▲ size Deseo un traje de la talla cuarenta. I want a suit size forty. ▲ height (of humans) Un hombre de talla elevada. A man of great height. ▲ prominence Un escritor de talla. A prominent writer.
- talle [m] waist, figure Esa muchacha tiene un lindo talle. That girl has a pretty figure.
- taller [m] workshop; factory, mill.
- tallo stem (of plant).
- talón [m] heel (of foot). ▲ stub (of a check, receipt) No pierda Ud. el talón de los cheques. Don't lose your check stubs.
- talonario check book, receipt book, stub book, book of tickets.
- tamal [m] tamale [Am].
- tamaño so great, such a big Es imposible creer tamaña mentira. It's impossible to believe such a big lie. ▲ [m] size ¿De qué tamaño? What size?
- también also, too El también irá con nosotros. He also will go with us.
- tambor [m] drum.
- tampoco neither, not either Yo tampoco la he visto. I haven't seen her either.
- tan [before adj or adv] (see tanto) so No le esperaba a Ud. tan temprano. I didn't expect you so early.
- tanate [m] bundle [Am] Haré un tanate con esta ropa. I'll make a bundle of these clothes.
- tanda turn Como somos muchos, almorzaremos por tandas. Since there are so many of us, we'll take turns at lunch. ▲ batch. ▲ performance, session [Am] Iremos a la primera tanda. We'll go to the first performance.
- tango tango.
- tanque [m] tank (military); tank (for liquid).
- tantear to estimate, consider Hay que tantear la situación antes de decidir. The
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