El señor Casillas es un hombre de gran talla y un buen candidato para el puesto de jefe del concejo.Mr. Casillas is a man of great stature and a good candidate for the post of city council leader.
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A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(issue)
Regionalism used in Cuba
(Cuba)
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This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
Oye, te tengo una talla ahí. - Sí, dime, mi hermano. ¿Qué hay?Hey, I've got something I want to run by you. - Yeah, sure thing, man. What's up?
Qué talla más loca lo de ayer, ¿no?Man, that was crazy what happened yesterday, wasn't it?
camisas de todas las tallasshirts in all sizes;¿de qué talla son estos pantalones?what size are these trousers?
2(altura)height
dar la tallato be tall enough;to measure up;no ha dado la talla para ingresar en el ejércitohe wasn't tall enough to join the army;he didn't satisfy the minimum height requirement for joining the army;no dio la talla como solistahe didn't make the grade as a soloist;he didn't measure up as a soloist;no dio la talla en la disputahe couldn't hold his own in the argument;tener poca tallato be short
3(categoría, nivel)stature
hay pocos políticos de la talla de este ministrothere are few politicians of the stature of this minister
