pizarrón

Spanish

Etymology

From pizarra +‎ -ón (augmentative).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /piθaˈron/ [pi.θaˈrõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pisaˈron/ [pi.saˈrõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pi‧za‧rrón

Noun

pizarrón m (plural pizarrones)

1. (education) chalkboard, blackboard

   Synonym: (Spain) encerado

Derived terms

• pizarrín

See also

• clarión
• tiza
• gis
• borrador

Further reading

• “pizarrón”, 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