tablilla, small board; — de barro, stand made of clay.

tacañería, meanness, closeness.

taciturno, silent, indisposed to conversation, melancholy.

tachar (de), to censure, tax (with), find fault (for).

tafetán, m., taffeta; no está la Magdalena para tafetanes is used when speaking of one who is ill-humored or angry, and consequently not in the mood to grant favors (cf. no está la dama para tafetanes, 'the lady does not care for finery').

taitita, m., daddy.

tajada, slice.

tal, certain, such, such a, that; — y como, such as; qué —, how; — vez, see vez; el —, the said.

talante, m., manner of doing anything; de mal —, in ill-humor.

talento, talent, genius, endowments, mental capacity, accomplishment.