tal

Meaning

Det

such

Noun

one

Adj

used to express that somebody doesn't know or care about a person being talked about

Pron

such-and-such (generic placeholder)

Concepts

such

thus

like this

so

that way

Synonyms

assim

tanto

dessa forma

tal como

Translations

tel

tal

tal

tale

zo

zulk een

zulk

talis

dusdanig

solcher

zo’n

solch

zulke

derartig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtaw/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: tālis

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese tal, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European *tód (“demonstrative pronoun”). Displaced collateral form atal.

Sentences

Como você poderia pensar em tal coisa ?

How could you think of such a thing?

Que tal um pouco de serviço ?

How about some service?

Nos exércitos aristocráticos não existe tal causa de enfraquecimento moral .

In aristocratic armies there is no such cause of moral weakening.