Polyglot Dictionary

tiza

/ˈtisa/

la noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las tizas

Meaning

  1. chalk

    • El profesor escribe con tiza.

      The teacher writes with chalk.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

craie

craie is the French word for the same thing — both mean "chalk."

Portuguese

giz

giz is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "chalk."

Practice

1 What does tiza mean?

2 Fill the gap: El profesor escribe con ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tiza?

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