toller

See also: Toller

English

Etymology 1

From toll +‎ -er, from the verb.

Noun

toller (plural tollers)

1. A person who tolls a bell; a bell ringer.

Etymology 2

From Middle English toller, from Old English tollere; equivalent to toll +‎ -er, from the noun.

Noun

toller (plural tollers)

1. A person who collects tolls; a tollkeeper.

Etymology 3

Noun

toller (plural tollers)

1. Short for Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.

Translations

breed of dog

• Finnish: novascotiannoutaja
• Irish: aimseadóir m

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese toller, from Latin tollere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈʎeɾ/

Verb

toller (first-person singular present tollo, first-person singular preterite tollín, past participle tollido, short past participle tolleito)

1. (dated) to remove; to take away; to deprive

   Synonym: quitar

2. (dated) to hinder; to impede
3. to cripple, to maim

   Synonym: eivar

4. to spoil

   Synonym: estragar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of toller (irregular short past participle)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	toller
Personal	toller	tolleres	toller	tollermos	tollerdes	tolleren
Gerund
	tollendo
Short past participle
Masculine	tolleito1			tolleitos1
Feminine	tolleita1			tolleitas1
Long past participle
Masculine	tollido2			tollidos2
Feminine	tollida2			tollidas2
Indicative
Present	tollo	tolles	tolle	tollemos	tolledes	tollen
Imperfect	tollía	tollías	tollía	tolliamos	tolliades	tollían
Preterite	tollín	tolliches	tolleu	tollemos	tollestes	tolleron
Pluperfect	tollera	tolleras	tollera	tolleramos	tollerades	tolleran
Future	tollerei	tollerás	tollerá	tolleremos	tolleredes	tollerán
Conditional	tollería	tollerías	tollería	tolleriamos	tolleriades	tollerían
Subjunctive
Present	tolla	tollas	tolla	tollamos	tollades	tollan
Imperfect	tollese	tolleses	tollese	tollésemos	tollésedes	tollesen
Future	toller	tolleres	toller	tollermos	tollerdes	tolleren
Imperative
Affirmative		tolle	tolla	tollamos	tollede	tollan
Negative (non)		non tollas	non tolla	non tollamos	non tollades	non tollan

¹Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
²Usually used with auxiliary verbs haber and ter.

Derived terms

• tolleito
• tollemerendas
• tolleción
• tollido

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “toller”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “toll”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “toller”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “toller”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “toller”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

toller

1. inflection of toll:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tollere, tollare, tollir, tolre, toler

Etymology

From Old English tollere; equivalent to toll (“toll”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔlər(ə)/, /ˈtɔlɛr(ə)/

Noun

toller (plural tolleres)

1. A tollkeeper; one who collects tolls, levies or payments.

Descendants

• English: toller

References

• “toller(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-03.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

toller m

1. indefinite plural of toll

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tollere. Doublet of tullir.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /toˈʝeɾ/ [t̪oˈʝeɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toˈʝeɾ/ [t̪oˈʝeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /toˈʎeɾ/ [t̪oˈʎeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toˈʃeɾ/ [t̪oˈʃeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toˈʒeɾ/ [t̪oˈʒeɾ]

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: to‧ller

Verb

toller (first-person singular present tollo, first-person singular preterite tollí, past participle tollido)

1. (obsolete) to remove

   Synonym: quitar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of toller (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			toller
gerund			tollendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tollido		tollida
		plural		tollidos		tollidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tollo	tollestú tollésvos	tolle	tollemos	tolléis	tollen
	imperfect	tollía	tollías	tollía	tollíamos	tollíais	tollían
	preterite	tollí	tolliste	tolló	tollimos	tollisteis	tolleron
	future	tolleré	tollerás	tollerá	tolleremos	tolleréis	tollerán
	conditional	tollería	tollerías	tollería	tolleríamos	tolleríais	tollerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tolla	tollastú tollásvos2	tolla	tollamos	tolláis	tollan
	imperfect (ra)	tollera	tolleras	tollera	tolléramos	tollerais	tolleran
	imperfect (se)	tollese	tolleses	tollese	tollésemos	tolleseis	tollesen
	future1	tollere	tolleres	tollere	tolléremos	tollereis	tolleren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tolletú tollévos	tolla	tollamos	tolled	tollan
	negative		no tollas	no tolla	no tollamos	no tolláis	no tollan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of toller

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive toller	dative	tollerme	tollerte	tollerle, tollerse	tollernos	tolleros	tollerles, tollerse
	accusative	tollerme	tollerte	tollerlo, tollerla, tollerse	tollernos	tolleros	tollerlos, tollerlas, tollerse
with gerund tollendo	dative	tolléndome	tolléndote	tolléndole, tolléndose	tolléndonos	tolléndoos	tolléndoles, tolléndose
	accusative	tolléndome	tolléndote	tolléndolo, tolléndola, tolléndose	tolléndonos	tolléndoos	tolléndolos, tolléndolas, tolléndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tolle	dative	tólleme	tóllete	tóllele	tóllenos	not used	tólleles
	accusative	tólleme	tóllete	tóllelo, tóllela	tóllenos	not used	tóllelos, tóllelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tollé	dative	tolleme	tollete	tollele	tollenos	not used	tolleles
	accusative	tolleme	tollete	tollelo, tollela	tollenos	not used	tollelos, tollelas
with formal second-person singular imperative tolla	dative	tóllame	not used	tóllale, tóllase	tóllanos	not used	tóllales
	accusative	tóllame	not used	tóllalo, tóllala, tóllase	tóllanos	not used	tóllalos, tóllalas
with first-person plural imperative tollamos	dative	not used	tollámoste	tollámosle	tollámonos	tollámoos	tollámosles
	accusative	not used	tollámoste	tollámoslo, tollámosla	tollámonos	tollámoos	tollámoslos, tollámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tolled	dative	tolledme	not used	tolledle	tollednos	tolleos	tolledles
	accusative	tolledme	not used	tolledlo, tolledla	tollednos	tolleos	tolledlos, tolledlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tollan	dative	tóllanme	not used	tóllanle	tóllannos	not used	tóllanles, tóllanse
	accusative	tóllanme	not used	tóllanlo, tóllanla	tóllannos	not used	tóllanlos, tóllanlas, tóllanse

Further reading

• “toller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10