tal

/ˈtal/, [ˈt̪al]

such, such as

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La ciencia como tal no está interesada en el valor de las cosas.

Science as such is not interested in the value or worth of things.

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¿Qué tal pescado para cenar?

What about having fish for dinner?

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Tal vez Tom simplemente se vaya.

Maybe Tom will just go away.

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Tal vez esto no va a durar.

Maybe it's not going to last.

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No me gusta que los dos vayan a tal lugar.

I don't like both of you going to such a place.

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¿Es ella tan tonta como para creer tal cosa?

Is she so foolish as to believe that?

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¿Qué tal va eso?

How's that going?

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¿Crees que tal cosa es posible?

Do you think such a thing is possible?

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Tal vez él vendrá.

Perhaps he will come.

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Como no he recibido una respuesta, me preguntaba si tal vez mi correo nunca se te entregó.

Since I haven't received an answer, I was wondering if maybe my mail never got delivered to you.

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Tom estornuda muy seguido. Tal vez tenga fiebre del heno.

Tom sneezes quite often. He may have hay fever.

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Los hombres no verán las cosas tal como son sino como quisieran que fueran.

Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be.

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A Tom le gusta Mary tal y como es.

Tom likes Mary just the way she is.

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Tal vez hayas confundido a Jane con su hermana.

You might have mistaken Jane for her sister.

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¿Qué tal, Mike?

What's up, Mike?

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Un problema tal es difícil de tratar.

Such a problem is hard to deal with.

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Tal vez tengas razón después de todo.

Maybe you're right, after all.

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Tom no hará tal cosa.

Tom won't do such a thing.

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¿Qué tal si en realidad él decía la verdad?

What if he was actually telling the truth?

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"Las fuerzas especiales tal vez deberían hacer lo que las tropas regulares no" "¿Cómo torturar?" "No quisiera responder esta pregunta".

"Special forces might do a lot of things that regular troops wouldn't do" "Like torture?" "I won't answer this question"

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