tajar
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin tāliāre, from Latin tālea. Compare English tally, Portuguese talhar, Catalan tallar, French tailler, Italian tagliare, Romanian tăia. Doublet of tallar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taˈxaɾ/ [t̪aˈxaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ta‧jar
Verb
tajar (first-person singular present tajo, first-person singular preterite tajé, past participle tajado)
- (transitive) to cut; to slice, to chop
- Synonym: cortar
Conjugation
Conjugation of tajar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | tajar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tajando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tajado | tajada | |||||
| plural | tajados | tajadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | tajo | tajastú tajásvos | taja | tajamos | tajáis | tajan | |
| imperfect | tajaba | tajabas | tajaba | tajábamos | tajabais | tajaban | |
| preterite | tajé | tajaste | tajó | tajamos | tajasteis | tajaron | |
| future | tajaré | tajarás | tajará | tajaremos | tajaréis | tajarán | |
| conditional | tajaría | tajarías | tajaría | tajaríamos | tajaríais | tajarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | taje | tajestú tajésvos2 | taje | tajemos | tajéis | tajen | |
| imperfect (ra) | tajara | tajaras | tajara | tajáramos | tajarais | tajaran | |
| imperfect (se) | tajase | tajases | tajase | tajásemos | tajaseis | tajasen | |
| future1 | tajare | tajares | tajare | tajáremos | tajareis | tajaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | tajatú tajávos | taje | tajemos | tajad | tajen | ||
| negative | no tajes | no taje | no tajemos | no tajéis | no tajen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of tajar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive tajar | |||||||
| dative | tajarme | tajarte | tajarle, tajarse | tajarnos | tajaros | tajarles, tajarse | |
| accusative | tajarme | tajarte | tajarlo, tajarla, tajarse | tajarnos | tajaros | tajarlos, tajarlas, tajarse | |
| with gerund tajando | |||||||
| dative | tajándome | tajándote | tajándole, tajándose | tajándonos | tajándoos | tajándoles, tajándose | |
| accusative | tajándome | tajándote | tajándolo, tajándola, tajándose | tajándonos | tajándoos | tajándolos, tajándolas, tajándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative taja | |||||||
| dative | tájame | tájate | tájale | tájanos | not used | tájales | |
| accusative | tájame | tájate | tájalo, tájala | tájanos | not used | tájalos, tájalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative tajá | |||||||
| dative | tajame | tajate | tajale | tajanos | not used | tajales | |
| accusative | tajame | tajate | tajalo, tajala | tajanos | not used | tajalos, tajalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative taje | |||||||
| dative | tájeme | not used | tájele, tájese | tájenos | not used | tájeles | |
| accusative | tájeme | not used | tájelo, tájela, tájese | tájenos | not used | tájelos, tájelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative tajemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | tajémoste | tajémosle | tajémonos | tajémoos | tajémosles | |
| accusative | not used | tajémoste | tajémoslo, tajémosla | tajémonos | tajémoos | tajémoslos, tajémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative tajad | |||||||
| dative | tajadme | not used | tajadle | tajadnos | tajaos | tajadles | |
| accusative | tajadme | not used | tajadlo, tajadla | tajadnos | tajaos | tajadlos, tajadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative tajen | |||||||
| dative | tájenme | not used | tájenle | tájennos | not used | tájenles, tájense | |
| accusative | tájenme | not used | tájenlo, tájenla | tájennos | not used | tájenlos, tájenlas, tájense | |
Derived terms
- atajar
- tajador
- tajalápiz
- tajante
- tajo
Further reading
- “tajar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Verb
tajar
- present tense of taja.
Venetian
Etymology
From Late Latin tāliāre, present active infinitive of tāliō, from Latin tālea. Compare Italian tagliare.
Verb
tajar
- (transitive) to cut
Conjugation
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of tajar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | tajar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | tajando | |||
| past participle | tajà | |||||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| present | tajo | (te) taji | (el/ła) taja | tajémo, tajòn | tajé | (i/łe) taja |
| imperfect | tajava | (te) tajavi | (el/ła) tajava | tajàvimo | tajavi | (i/łe) tajava |
| future | tajarò | (te) tajarè | (el/ła) tajarà | tajarémo | tajarè | (i/łe) tajarà |
| conditional | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| present | tajarìa | (te) tajarisi | (el/ła) tajarìa | tajarìsimo | tajarisi | (i/łe) tajarìa |
| subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
| present | taje, taja | (te) taji | (el/ła) taje, (el/ła) taja | tajémo, tajone | tajé | (i/łe) taje, (i/łe) taja |
| imperfect | tajase | (te) tajasi | (el/ła) tajase | tajàsimo | tajasi | (i/łe) tajase |
| imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| — | (te) taja | (el/ła) taja, (el/ła) taje | tajémo | tajé | (i/łe) taja, (i/łe) taje | |
Related terms
- tajà