La Palabra Del Día: "tallar"
tallar ( tah'-yahr )
verb ( to carve, to sculpt; to measure )
Welcome to La Palabra Del Día
There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. For the Spanish sentences, edit your posts according to the native Spanish speaker's suggestions. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.
Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
How to post a picture
Examples:
1: Es sencillo tallar una calabaza si usas un diseño.
It's simple to carve a pumpkin if you use a pattern.
2: El escultor talló la figura de un mamut en el bloque de hielo.
The sculptor carved the figure of a mammoth in the block of ice.
9 Answers
Me talla que cada vez que vaya al médico me tienen que tallar aunque mi estatura no se ha cambiado en décadas.
It annoys me that each time I go to the doctor they have to measure me even though my height has not changed in decades.
Cuando mi esposa se casó conmigo, llegué con cuatro estatuas talladas de madera por los Bambaras de Malí- aunque no le gustan, me ha permitido mantenerlas en mi despacho por años.
When my wife married me, I came with four statues carved from wood by the Bambaras of Mali- even though she doesn’t like them, she has allowed me to keep them in my office for years.
Algunas personas en los Países Bajos usar zapatos que están tallados de madera.
Some people in the Netherlands wear shoes that are carved from wood.
.
description here]1
Las esculturas de madera que están tallados con una motosierra son muy populares en el oeste de los Estados Unidos.
Wooden sculptures that are carved with a chainsaw are very popular in the western United States.
In Mexico, "tallar" is synonymous with "fregar" or "restregar" (to scrub, or to rub).
No te talles los ojos.
Don't rub your eyes.
Tállate los codos con un estropajo.
Rub your elbows with a scouring pad.
Para quitar una mancha, talla generosamente la mancha con jabón en barra hasta producir abundante espuma.
To remove a stain rub a bar of soap into the stain generously, to produce a thick lather.
Rodin el escultor francés talló esculturas maravillosas en mármol ; me gustan sobre todo sus manos fantásticas.
Rodin, French sculptor carved wonderful marble sculptures; I like especially his fantastic hands.
Mi abuelo es excelente en la carpintería; el talla mesas y sillas de madera local.
My grandfather is excellent at woodworking; he carves tables and chairs out of local wood.
Un hombre prehistórico talló un pitufo en una pared de una cueva hace miles de años en el norte de España.
A prehistoric man carved a Smurf into a wall of a cave thousands of years ago in Northern Spain.
Thanks for the correction, LuisCache 
Miguel Ángel sólo tenía 26 años cuando empezó a tallar el David.
Michelangelo was only 26 when he began to carve the David.
