Slate in spanish

Pizarra

pronunciation: piθɑrɑ part of speech: noun
In gestures

slate1 = pizarra. 

Example: Libraries are built mainly from wood, slate and glass, with a structure designed to suit a wide range of activities.

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» a slate of = una gran cartelera de, una lista de, un grupo de, una serie de.

Example: The Governing Board has put forward a slate of candidates for the next fiscal year's open positions.

» blank slate = tabla en blanco, tablero en blanco, tabula rasa.

Example: The philosopher John Locke asserted that at birth the human mind is a blank slate, or tabula rasa, and empty of ideas.

» clean slate = borrón y cuenta nueva, nuevo comienzo, tabla rasa.

Example: A group of university and government researchers has proposed a 'clean slate' approach to solving the Internet's myriad security problems.

» from an empty slate = partiendo de cero.

Example: The article 'Creation of an academic library: lessons from an empty slate' describes the construction of a new library at Arizona State University.

» put + Nombre + on the slate = fiar, apuntar en + Posesivo + cuenta.

Example: Those were the days -- you could buy stuff and put it on the slate and pay at the end of the week.

» slateboard = pizarra.

Example: Now, instructors can beam what they write on their whiteboards directly to students' laptops, in effect turning each laptop screen into a portable, interactive slateboard.

» start with + a clean slate = hacer borrón y cuenta nueva.

Example: What I mean is, I can't then start with a clean slate toward everybody.

» wipe + the slate clean = hacer borrón y cuenta nueva.

Example: She said it would be wrong to 'wipe the slate clean' over the historic conflict between Britain and Ireland.

slate2 = programar, planear, prever. 

Example: The next IFLA Conference is slated for August 14-28, 1995, in Istanbul, Turkey.

slate3 = poner por los suelos, poner verde, poner tibio, hablar mal de, criticar duramente, poner a parir. 

Example: Horror fiction has been slated by book reviewers and a similar prejudice among librarians could explain its under-representation in library stocks.

Slate synonyms

slating in spanish: , pronunciation: sleɪtɪŋ part of speech: noun
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