pizarra

• IPA^(key): /piˈθara/ [piˈθa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: pi‧za‧rra

pizarra f (plural pizarres)

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

From Spanish pizarra.

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

pizarra

1. blackboard

First attested in 1475. Inherited from Old Spanish piçarra, from Basque, further derivation uncertain.

• Perhaps from Basque *lapitz-arri (literally “slate stone”), from lapitz (“slate”) +‎ arri (“stone”), with initial la- misinterpreted as the feminine singular article la.^[1]
• Perhaps from Basque *pitzarri, blend of pitzatu (“to break into pieces”) +‎ arri (“stone”).^[1]

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

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

pizarra f (plural pizarras)

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

   Synonyms: encerado (Spain), pizarrón (Latin America)

3. (by extension) whiteboard

   Synonyms: pintarrón (Mexico), pizarra blanca, pizarrón blanco (Latin America)

4. (sports) scoreboard

   Synonyms: pantalla, tablero

5. (Cuba) dashboard (panel with instruments or controls facing the driver in a vehicle)

   Synonyms: panel, salpicadero

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

• “pizarra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “pizarra”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “pizarra”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]