pizarra

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈθara/, [piˈθa.ra]

Noun

pizarra f (plural pizarres)

1. board (a surface that can be written upon with chalk, pens etc.)

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish pizarra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈsara/, [piˈsa.ra]
• Hyphenation: pi‧za‧rra

Noun

pizarra

1. blackboard

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque pizar (“fragment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /piˈθara/ [piˈθa.ra]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /piˈsara/ [piˈsa.ra]

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: pi‧za‧rra

Noun

pizarra f (plural pizarras)

1. slate (metamorphic rock)
2. (education) blackboard, chalkboard

   Synonym: (Spain) encerado

3. (sports) scoreboard

   Synonyms: tablero, pantalla

Derived terms

• pizarra blanca
• pizarrero
• pizarrón
• pizarroso

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: pizarra
• → Catalan: pissarra
• → Tagalog: pisara

Further reading

• “pizarra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16