La Palabra del Día; la tiza
{la tiza}(noun) chalk
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*La maestra escribe la frase en la pizarra con la tiza.
The teacher writes the phrase on the blackboard with the chalk.
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La rayuela ( o mariola ) se juega con una piedrecita que hay que empujar con la punta del zapato. Ingredientes: una acera, una piedrecita, un zapato y un dibujo de tiza, preferentemente de colores.
The 'Hopscotch' is played with a small stone that must be pushed with the tip of the shoe. Ingredients: a sidewalk, a stone, a shoe and a chalk drawing, preferably coloured.
Ésta soy yo, controlando mi taco después de darle tiza. 
It's me controlling my cue after putting chalk on it.
Mi hija utiliza tizas de colores para escribir sobre los muebles de su cuarto. De vez en cuando los limpia.
My daughter uses coloured chalks to write on the furniture in her room. Occasionally she cleans it up. 
¿Tiza blanca o de colores? ¿Cúal prefieres?
White chalk or coloured chalk? Which one do you prefer?
Si no le pones suficiente tiza al taco puedes dar un mal golpe.
- If you don't put enough chalk on the cue you can miscue
I am not sure if the sentence is right in English.
Draw amazing things on a sidewalk with chalk.
Dibuja cosas asombrosas en la acera con tiza.
Desafortunadamente, he usado demasiado tiza en mi carrera.
Unfortunately, I have used chalk too much during my career.
This is the largest chalk art I have seen. It looks like a street fell into a deep river cave.
Este es el arte más grande de tiza que he visto. Parece una calle que cayó en un río cueva profunda.
Mis amigos me llaman "Tesa" a secas. Suena como "tiza", así que cuando aprendimos esa palabra en escuela, me pusieron el apodo "chalk"
My friends call me "Tesa" for short. It sounds like "tiza", so when we learned that word in school, they gave me the nickname "Chalk".
En la pelí -El laberinto del Fauno- un trozo de tiza fue usado por Ofelia para crear una salida para escaparse de su habitación.
In the movie "Pan´s laberynth" a piece of chalk was used by Ofelia to create a door to escape from her room.
Little girls use chalk on the sidewalk to play hopscotch.
Las niñas usan tiza para jugar a la rayuela en la acera.
La tiza se usaba para dibujar en las paredes de las cavernas.
Chalk was used to draw on the walls of early cave dwellings.
Cuando estaba en la escuela primaria, solía jugar con tiza.
When I was in first grade, I used to play with chalk.
Einstein utilizaba tiza para escribir ecuaciones matemáticas.
Einstein used chalk to write mathematical equations.
Tiza natural es una roca sedimentaria.
Natural chalk is a sedimentary rock.
