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tabaco


 * tabaco tobacco; cigar; cigarettes.
 * taberna saloon, tavern, dive.
 * tabla board, plank ¿Tiene Ud. una tabla de planchar? Have you an ironing board? $undefined$ list, table (of contents, prices, etc) Quiero ver la tabla de precios. I want to see the price list. salvarse en una tabla to have a narrow escape.  tablas [f pl] stage (theater) Es gente de las tablas. They belong to the theatrical world. $undefined$ draw (in a game) El partido terminó en tablas. The game ended in a draw.
 * tablado outdoor stage, platform.
 * tacha fault Es una persona sin tacha. He is a person without any faults.
 * tachar to cross out Tache Ud. esa palabra. Cross out that word. tachar de to accuse of being Le tacharon de ladrón. They accused him of being a thief.
 * taco taco (Mexican dish) Quiero un taco de puerco. I want a pork taco. $undefined$ heel (of a shoe) [Am] Usa tacos muy altos. She wears very high heels. echar tacos to swear, curse [Sp] .  taco de billar billiard cue.
 * tacón [m] heel (of shoe).
 * táctica tactics; policy, way of doing Tendremos que emplear otra táctica. We'll have to use different tactics.
 * tacto touch, sense of touch Esta tela es muy suave al tacto. This cloth is very soft to the touch. $undefined$ tact Tiene mucho tacto para tratar a sus amigos. He's very tactful with his friends.
 * tajada slice (usually meat).
 * tal such Jamás se ha visto tal cosa. Never has such a thing been seen. $undefined$ such (a) thing Ud. me dijo eso y no hay tal cosa. You told me that, but there's no such thing. con tal que provided that Con tal que me lo haga Ud. bien no importa el precio. Provided you do it well the price doesn't matter.  el tal, la tal that (contemptuous) No me gustó la tal comedia. I didn't like that comedy.  tal como just as Siga tal como empezó. Go on just as you started.  tal cual as Me gusta tal cual es. I like it as it is.  [Mex] "¿Cómo está Ud.?" "Tal cual." "How are you?"   tales y tales such and such Me dijo: Pregunte a tales y tales  He said to me: Ask such and such   tal para cual two of a kind Son tal para cual. They're two of a kind.  un tal a certain ¿Conoce Ud. a un tal Pérez? Do you know a certain Pérez?  ¿Qué tal? How do you do? or How's everything?
 * talabartería leather workshop, harnessmaker's shop.
 * taladro drill, bit.
 * talante [m] mal talante bad humor, bad disposition.
 * talento talent, brains.
 * talla carving Se ha dedicado a la talla en madera. She devoted herself to wood carving. $undefined$ size Deseo un traje de la talla cuarenta. I want a suit size forty. $undefined$ height (of humans) Un hombre de talla elevada. A man of great height. $undefined$ prominence Un escritor de talla. A prominent writer.
 * talle [m] waist, figure Esa muchacha tiene un lindo talle. That girl has a pretty figure.
 * taller [m] workshop; factory, mill.
 * tallo stem (of plant).
 * talón [m] heel (of foot). $undefined$ stub (of a check, receipt) No pierda Ud. el talón de los cheques. Don't lose your check stubs.
 * talonario check book, receipt book, stub book, book of tickets.
 * tamal [m] tamale [Am].
 * tamaño so great, such a big Es imposible creer tamaña mentira. It's impossible to believe such a big lie. $undefined$ [m] size ¿De qué tamaño? What size?
 * también also, too El también irá con nosotros. He also will go with us.
 * tambor [m] drum.
 * tampoco neither, not either Yo tampoco la he visto. I haven't seen her either.
 * tan [before adj or adv] (see tanto) so No le esperaba a Ud. tan temprano. I didn't expect you so early.
 * tanate [m] bundle [Am] Haré un tanate con esta ropa. I'll make a bundle of these clothes.
 * tanda turn Como somos muchos, almorzaremos por tandas. Since there are so many of us, we'll take turns at lunch. $undefined$ batch. $undefined$ performance, session [Am] Iremos a la primera tanda. We'll go to the first performance.
 * tango tango.
 * tanque [m] tank (military); tank (for liquid).
 * tantear to estimate, consider Hay que tantear la situación antes de decidir. The