What does lousa in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word lousa in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use lousa in Portuguese.

The word lousa in Portuguese means blackboard, quadro-negro, quadro-de-giz, laje, lajota, lápide, laje, quadro branco, lousa, quadro, pequena lousa. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word lousa

blackboard

substantivo feminino (quadro de giz)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

quadro-negro, quadro-de-giz

noun (school chalkboard)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
Someone scrawled obscenities all over the blackboard.

laje, lajota

noun (stone slab) (pedra chata)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Jordan bought a flagstone to put in the garden.

lápide, laje

noun (memorial slab on a grave)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Vandals destroyed several gravestones last night.

quadro branco

noun (classroom, etc.: erasable board)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
Remember to clean the whiteboard at the end of each lesson.

lousa

noun (blackboard)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
There's no worse sound than that of fingernails on a chalkboard.

quadro

noun (school: writing surface)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
Venha até a frente da sala para escrever as respostas na lousa.
Come to the front of the class to write the answers on the board.

pequena lousa

noun (small chalkboard)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Alunos de escolas no século dezenove costumavam escrever em pequenas lousas.
School pupils in the nineteenth century used to write on slates.

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