Tallo in english
pronunciation: stem part of speech: noun, verb
tallar = carve ; cut ; carve out ; hew ; chisel.
Example: What the presidency needs is a job description; not one carved in a tablet of stone and certainly not one which would form all future presidents in the same sanitised mould.Example: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.Example: In consequence, deafened people have to carve out a sense of identity by developing associations & communicative strategies.Example: Oak was shaped by splitting with wooden wedges, and by hewing with axes or adzes.Example: It was a huge space with hundreds of workers, some digging ditches, some mixing cement, some laying bricks and one chiseling a piece of marble into a statue.more:
» cuchillo de tallar = wood carving knife .
Example: Do not use the wood carving knife to scrape, as it will dull the blade.» cuchillo para tallar = wood carving knife .
Example: Do not use the wood carving knife to scrape, as it will dull the blade.» diamante sin tallar = uncut diamond .
Example: Three foreigners and a South African have been arrested in Cape Town after being found in possession of 20 uncut diamonds.» tallar con una navaja = whittle .
Example: It seems like the old pastime of sitting on the front porch whittling has officially been replaced by sitting on the couch watching TV.tallo = stem ; stalk ; spur ; green shoot ; shoot.
Example: The disease symptoms observed were general plant and leaf stunting, leaf chlorosis, leaf and stem necrosis and plant death.Example: Printing types are representations in reverse of letters of the alphabet, cast in relief on the ends of rectangular lead-alloy stalks about 24 mm. high.Example: Cherry trees in general produce the fruit upon small spurs, from half an inch to two inches in length, which proceed from the sides and ends of the branches.Example: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.Example: This study indicates the need of fungicides/bactericides as adjuvants in tissue culture medium for obtaining sterile and viable shoots.more:
» con tallo largo y delgado = leggy [leggier -comp., leggiest -comp] .
Example: If you find the pansies still too leggy after a week or so, you can pinch them off to make them bush out more.» con tallo largo y enjuto = leggy [leggier -comp., leggiest -comp] .
Example: If you find the pansies still too leggy after a week or so, you can pinch them off to make them bush out more.» echar tallos largos y delgados = grow + leggy [Generalmente referido a las plantas] ; get + leggy [Generalmente referido a las plantas] .
Example: Perennial herbs such as rosemary, sage, lavender and thyme can live for a long time, but grow leggy and flop with age. Example: In order to keep a geranium compact and bushy and prevent it from getting leggy, it needs to be pruned hard at least once a year.» ponerse los tallos largos y enjutos = grow + leggy [Generalmente referido a las plantas] ; get + leggy [Generalmente referido a las plantas] .
Example: Perennial herbs such as rosemary, sage, lavender and thyme can live for a long time, but grow leggy and flop with age. Example: In order to keep a geranium compact and bushy and prevent it from getting leggy, it needs to be pruned hard at least once a year.» tallo cerebral = brainstem .
Example: The brainstem controls the most basic, involuntary vital processes in the body.» tallo de espárrago = spear of asparagus ; asparagus spear .
Example: The fleshy green spears of asparagus are both succulent and tender and have been considered a delicacy since ancient times. Example: As asparagus spears age after harvest, shoot fibers can lignify and toughen.» tallo encefálico = brainstem .
Example: The brainstem controls the most basic, involuntary vital processes in the body.