talar árboles

to cut down trees

talar árboles(tah-lahr ahr-boh-lehs)

intransitive verb phrase

1. (general)

a. to cut down trees

Los jardineros talaron varios árboles de la finca que estaban en muy mal estado.

The gardeners cut down several trees on the estate that were in very bad condition.

b. to fell trees

Marcelo se había criado junto al bosque y llevaba talando árboles desde que era un niño.

Marcelo grew up by the forest and had been felling trees since he was a kid.

c. to log

Talar árboles está bien, siempre y cuando sea en bosques sustentables.

Logging is all right, as long as it's done in sustainable forests.

d. to log trees

Se han talado cantidades ingentes de árboles en la Amazonia.

Vast numbers of trees have been logged in Amazonia.