What does pizarra in Spanish mean?

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

The word pizarra in Spanish means slate board, slate, blackboard, chalkboard, copy from the blackboard, copy from the chalkboard, copy from the whiteboard, go up to the blackboard. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word pizarra

slate board

nombre femenino (tablero individual)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cada alumno tenía que dibujar en su pizarra un diagrama con las partes de la flor.
Each student had to draw a diagram with the parts of the flower on their slate board.

slate

nombre femenino (roca metamórfica)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La pizarra para el tejado la trajeron del Bierzo.
They brought the slate for the roof from Bierzo.

blackboard, chalkboard

nombre femenino (ES (pizarrón de escuela)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El maestro escribió siete ecuaciones en la pizarra y los alumnos las copiaron en sus cuadernos.
The teacher wrote seven equations on the whiteboard and the students copied them in their notebooks.

copy from the blackboard, copy from the chalkboard, copy from the whiteboard

locución verbal (alumnos: tomar notas)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Los alumnos copiaron de la pizarra la explicación.
The students copied the explanation from the blackboard.

go up to the blackboard

locución verbal (salir por petición del profesor)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
El alumno salió a la pizarra a escribir la tarea.
The student went up to the blackboard to write out the task.

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