taglia-

taglia-

Italian

Etymology

From tagliare (“to cut”).

Prefix

taglia-

1. used to form nouns describing objects or people that cut something

   ‎taglia- + ‎legna (“wood”) → ‎taglialegna (“woodcutter”)

   ‎taglia- + ‎patate (“potatoes”) → ‎tagliapatate (“potato cutter”)

   ‎taglia- + ‎bordi (“edges”) → ‎tagliabordi (“lawn edger”)

2. (figurative, by extension) used to form nouns and adjectives describing objects or people that reduce or eliminate something

   ‎taglia- + ‎spese (“expenses”) → ‎tagliaspese (“expense-cutting”)

   ‎taglia- + ‎code (“lines”) + ‎tagliacode → ‎line-reducing

Derived terms

Category Italian terms prefixed with taglia- not found

Anagrams

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