Meaning
to cut
- to crop
In a sentence
Puoi tagliare il pane, per favore?
Can you cut the bread, please?
Ho tagliato la foto prima di mandarla.
I cropped the photo before sending it.
Devo tagliare le verdure per la cena.
I need to cut the vegetables for dinner.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| tagliare | infinitive |
| tagliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| taglio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| tagliate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tagli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tagliano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| taglia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tagliavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tagliavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tagliavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tagliavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tagliavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tagliava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tagliammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| tagliai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| tagliaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| tagliasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| tagliarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| tagliò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| taglieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| taglierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| taglierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| taglierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| taglieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| taglierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| tagliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| tagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| tagliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| taglino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tagliassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tagliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tagliaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tagliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tagliassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tagliasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| taglieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| taglierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| tagliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| taglieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| taglierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| taglierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tagliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| tagliate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| taglia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| tagliando | gerund |
| tagliato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use tagliare for physically cutting. For reducing prices, costs, or spending, Italian also commonly uses tagliare: tagliare i prezzi, tagliare le spese.
- With hair, use tagliare: tagliarsi i capelli means to get one’s hair cut, not necessarily to cut it yourself.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ho tagliato il pane. Reflexive forms take essere: mi sono tagliato un dito.