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"Carved" is a form of "carve", a transitive verb which is often translated as "tallar". "Sawed" is a form of "saw", a noun which is often translated as "la sierra". Learn more about the difference between "carved" and "sawed" below.
carve(
karv
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
2. (to engrave)
a. grabar
The names of all those who died were carved on the memorial.Grabaron los nombres de todos los que murieron en el monumento conmemorativo.
3. (culinary)
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
4. (culinary)
a. trinchar la carne
In our family, it was always my dad who carved.En nuestra familia, mi padre siempre trinchaba la carne.
saw(
sa
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (tool)
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
2. (to cut)
a. serruchar
The lumberjack sawed the thick tree trunk.El leñador serruchó el tronco grueso del árbol.
b. aserruchar (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
My father spent the morning sawing some trunks.Mi padre pasó la mañana aserruchando unos troncos.
