retallar
Spanish, verb/retaˈʝaɾ/
retallar is spelled R-E-T-A-L-L-A-R (8 letters). Retallar is a Spanish verb meaning “to recarve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Labrar una pared a manera de escalones, de modo que forme una o muchas zarpas unas encima de otras. Retallar…”.
What does retallar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to recarve
- 2
to recut
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Labrar una pared a manera de escalones, de modo que forme una o muchas zarpas unas encima de otras. Retallar una pared dos dedos, v. gr. es meter su línea dos dedos hacia dentro, como si se la dieran dos dedos de zarpa. La zarpa está toda al rededor de la pared; el retallo coge solo un lado.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of retallar
- retallo first-person present singular
- retallé first-person preterite singular
- retallado participle past
- retallando gerund
- retallada feminine participle past
- retallados masculine participle past
- retalladas feminine participle past
- retallas indicative informal present
- retallás indicative informal present
- retalla indicative present singular
- retallamos first-person indicative plural
- retalláis indicative plural present
- retallan indicative plural present
- retallaba first-person imperfect indicative
- retallabas imperfect indicative second-person
- retallábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- retallabais imperfect indicative plural
- retallaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retallar?
- /retaˈʝaɾ/
- [re.t̪aˈʝaɾ]
- [ret̪aˈʝaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.