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talar

Portuguese, verb/taˈla(ʁ)/

talar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to furrow (a field) in order to drain it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abrir valas em”.

What does talar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to furrow (a field) in order to drain it

  2. 2

    to knock down

  3. 3

    to devastate, to destroy

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineheel

  2. 2

    femininemasculinereaching the heels (of a dress, etc.)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. diz-se da roupa que cobre o corpo até o calcanhar

noun: 1. cada uma das asas que Mercúrio tinha nos calcanhares

verb: 1. abrir valas em

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of talar

  • talo first-person present singular
  • talei first-person preterite singular
  • talado participle past
  • talares infinitive second-person singular
  • talarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • talardes infinitive plural second-person
  • talarem infinitive plural third-person
  • talando gerund
  • talados masculine participle past
  • talada feminine participle past
  • taladas feminine participle past
  • talas indicative present second-person
  • tala indicative present singular
  • talamos first-person indicative plural
  • talais indicative plural present
  • talam indicative plural present
  • talava first-person imperfect indicative
  • talavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce talar?

  • Brazil /taˈla(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [taˈla(h)]
  • Brazil /taˈlaʁ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is talar in Portuguese?

talar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).