tabla

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table

noun

tabla

feminine noun

1. plank (de madera)

tabla de planchar -> ironing board
tabla de saltos (sport) -> diving board (trampolín)

2. pleat (pliegue)

3. table (lista, gráfico)

tabla de conversión -> conversion table (para medidas)
tabla de materias -> table of contents
tabla de multiplicación -> multiplication table
tabla periódica (de los elementos) -> periodic table (of elements)

4. (cooking)

tabla de cocina -> chopping board
tabla de patés -> selection of pâtés
tabla de quesos -> cheeseboard

5. board (de surf, vela)

tabla de surf -> surfboard

6. panel (Arte)

7. (expresiones)

ser una tabla de salvación -> to be a last resort o hope
hacer tabla rasa -> to wipe the slate clean

tablas

plural feminine noun

1. (en ajedrez)

quedar en o hacer tablas -> to end in stalemate
quedamos/el debate quedó en tablas -> we reached a stalemate, the debate ended in a stalemate (en enfrentamiento)

2. stage, boards (Teatro)

tener (muchas) tablas (Teatro) -> to be an experienced actor; to be an old hand (figurative)

3. fence surrounding bullring (bullfighting)

tabla [tah'-blah]

noun

1. A board (madera). (f)

2. A similar piece of other material, as of marble or copper. (f)

3. Plain space on clothes. (f)

4. Table, for eating and other purposes. (f)

5. V. (f)

6. V. (f)

noun

7. Table of contents prefixed to a book. (f)

8. List, catalogue. (f)

9. A piece of painting on boards or stones. (f)

10. The broadest and most fleshy part of any of the members of the body. (f)

11. Bed or plot of earth in a garden. (f)

12. House where merchandise is registered as sold at market, in order to collect the duty. (f)

13. Plank or board of a ship to escape drowning in shipwreck. (f)

14. Place where meat is weighed and sold: butcher’s block. (f)

noun, plural

15. Stages on which actors perform.

16. An equal or drawn game at chess or drafts.

17. Astronomical tables.

18. Tables containing the decalogue.

Tabla de juego -> gambling-house
Tabla de dibujo -> drawing board
Tabla de planchar -> ironing board
Tabla de multiplicar -> multiplication table
Tabla de tiempos -> (Comput.) timing chart

ARANCEL. TABLILLA, 4th de

"tabla" in the Answers forum


Q:	Hacer tabla rasa
A:	You can't find raso in this site's dictionary? Try again, because it is there. Regarding the expression, I normally say tábula rasa, yes.