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The Italian word for to cut is
tagliare





to cut

Italian Definition


cut
     1. verb. tagliare
     2. sost. taglio
     3. sost. cut away
     4. sost. cut down on
     5. sost. cut in
     6. sost. cut off



Translations for cut and their definitions

taglio
     1. n. cut (also figuratively), slit, slash, incision; (figuratively) cutback, cutting
     2. n. scission, break
     3. n. cutting, trimming, chopping, reaping, mowing, haircut, (of fabric) length
     4. n. (cutting) edge, cutting side
     5. n. (figuratively) slant, tone
     6. n. (of wines) blending
     7. n. (of banknotes etc) denomination
     8. n. (figuratively) retrenchment
     9. v. first-person singular present of tagliare
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incisione
     1. n. cut
     2. n. incision
     3. n. engraving
     4. n. recording


alzare
     1. v. to lift (up), to raise, to heave
     2. v. to raise, to put up, to up
     3. v. to build, to erect


circonciso
     1. v. past participle of circoncidere (feminine: circoncisa, masculine plural: circoncisi, feminine plural: circoncise)


tagliare
     1. v. to cut or slash
     2. v. (enology) to spike (to add a small amount of one substance to another)
     3. v. (mineralogy) to cleave (to break a single crystal such as a gemstone)
     4. v. To crop (photo, etc.)


tagliato
     1. adj. (heraldry) Divided into two equal parts diagonally from top right to bottom left, per bend sinister
     2. v. past participle of tagliare (feminine: tagliata, masculine plural: tagliati, feminine plural: tagliate)


scolpito
     1. v. past participle of scolpire (feminine: scolpita, masculine plural: scolpiti, feminine plural: scolpite)
     2. adj. carved, chiseled
     3. adj. wrought


alzata
     1. Participle. feminine singular of alzato
     2. n. lifting, raising
     3. n. top (of piece of furniture)
     4. n. cake stand
     5. n. cut (deck of playing cards)


saltare
     1. v. (intransitive) to jump, to leap, to spring
     2. v. (intransitive) to explode, to blow up
     3. v. (intransitive) to blow (up), to fuse
     4. v. (intransitive) to come off, to snap, to break
     5. v. (intransitive) to fail, to be cancelled
     6. v. (intransitive) to dance
     7. v. to jump, to jump over, to leap, to hurdle, to clear
     8. v. (transitive, figuratively) to jump, to skip, to leave out, to cut
     9. v. (transitive, in recipes) to sauté, to toss


taglia
     1. n. size (of clothes etc)
     2. n. reward (criminal)
     3. v. third-person singular present of tagliare
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of tagliare


pezzo
     1. n. piece
     2. n. plot


incidere
     1. v. to carve, engrave, incise, monogram or cut
     2. v. to affect, to influence
     3. v. to record


ritagliato
     1. v. past participle of ritagliare (feminine: ritagliata, masculine plural: ritagliati, feminine plural: ritagliate)
     2. v. past participle of ritagliarsi


cesellato
     1. v. past participle of cesellare (feminine: cesellata, masculine plural: cesellati, feminine plural: cesellate)


accorciato
     1. v. past participle of accorciare (feminine: accorciata, masculine plural: accorciati, feminine plural: accorciate)
     2. v. past participle of accorciarsi


ridotto
     1. adj. small, reduced, cut, short
     2. adj. adapted, abridged
     3. n. foyer (of a theatre)
     4. n. fortress
     5. v. past participle of ridurre


potato
     1. v. past participle of potare


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