tala
Spanish, noun
tala is spelled T-A-L-A (4 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,890th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tala is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “felling, cutting down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of talar. With an accent, talá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of talar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de talar”.
What does tala mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefelling, cutting down
noun
- 1
masculinetala (Celtis tala, a South American tree)
noun
- 1
femininetipcat (game and stick)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of talar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de talar. 2. Acción y efecto de pastar el ganado la hierba restante luego de la siega con hoz. 3. Barricada rústica hecha con troncos talados.
noun: 1. (Celtis tala, sin. C. spinosa) Árbol frondoso, nativo de América del Sur, de hojas pequeñas, y ramas retorcidas y espinosas, que da un fruto amarillo de sabor muy agradable. Su madera de color blanquecina es muy fuerte y sirve para hacer utensilios domésticos.
noun: 1. Juego consistente en golpear un palo colocado en el suelo y, una vez está en el aire, volver a golpearlo para despedirlo a distancia. 2. Palo usado en el juego de la tala₂.
noun: 1. Unidad monetaria de Samoa, dividida en cien sene.
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 tala
- talas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tala
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tala in Spanish?
tala appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).