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tale

such

determiner TAH-leh Common

Origin: from Latin talis

Also means

such a

Usage Note

Tale means 'such' and has only two forms, singular tale and plural tali, since it ignores gender. Doubled it forms the correlative tale... quale ('just like'). Colloquially un tale can mean 'some guy', a vague unnamed person.

Examples

"Non ho mai visto una tale bellezza."

Natural Translation

I've never seen such beauty.

Literal Translation

Not I-have never seen such beauty.

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