tal

=

such

adjetivo

tal
adjective
1. such (semejante, tan grande)
  • ¡jamás se vio cosa tal! -> you've never seen such a thing!
  • lo dijo con tal seguridad que… -> he said it with such conviction that…
  • su miedo era tal o tal era su miedo que… -> so great o such was her fear that…, she was so afraid that…
  • en tal caso -> in such a case
  • dijo cosas tales como… -> he said things like…
2. such and such (sin especificar)
  • a tal hora -> at such and such a time
3. (desconocido)
  • te ha llamado un tal Pérez -> a Mr Pérez called for you
  • hay un tal Jiménez que te puede ayudar -> there's someone called Mr Jiménez who can help you
pronoun
4. such a thing (alguna cosa)
5. (expresiones)
  • que si tal que si cual -> this, that and the other
  • ser tal para cual -> to be two of a kind
  • tal y cual, tal y tal -> this and that
  • y tal -> and so on (etcétera)
adverb
also:
  • ¿qué tal…? -> how…?
  • ¿qué tal (estás)? -> how's it going?, how are you doing?
  • ¿qué tal el viaje? -> how was the journey?
  • déjalo tal cual -> leave it just as it is
  • tal (y) como -> just as o like
  • tal que (informal) -> like (como por ejemplo)
tal vez
adverbial phrase
1. perhaps, maybe
con tal de
conjunctive phrase
1. as long as, provided
  • con tal de volver pronto… -> as long as we're back early…
  • con tal (de) que -> as long as, provided

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tal [tahl']
adjective
1. Such, so, as.
2. Equal, similar, of the same form or figure.
3. As much, so great.
4. Used before the names of persons not known, and to determine what is not specified.
  • Estaba allí un tal Ramirez -> one Ramirez was there
  • Tal cual, middling, so-so; so as it is. El ta -> or la tal that person, such a one: generally used contemptuously
  • Tal para cual -> every one with his like; also, tit for tat: a Roland for an Oliver
  • Tal por cual -> worthless, of no importance; good and bad
  • No hay tal -> there is no such thing
  • A tal -> with such a condition, under the circumstances
  • Con tal que -> provided that
  • Otro que tal, similar, very like, equally worthless. ¿Qué tal -> how's that
  • Tal cosa -> such a thing
  • Y como tal -> and as such
  • Como tal -> just as
  • Ella sigue tal cual -> she's so-so
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