What are the differences between tabla,tablero y estela?

Question

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Answer 1

• The RAE lists this for tabla; "Pieza de madera plana, de poco grueso y cuyas dos caras son paralelas entre sí." Basically it's just a simple and smooth surface of some material.

-The RAE lists this for tablero; "Tabla o conjunto de tablas unidas por el canto, con una superficie plana y alisada, y barrotes atravesados por la cara opuesta o en los bordes, para evitar el alabeo." From the looks of it I'd say there mostly the same, a tablero might be bigger then a tabla though.

• Estela doesn't have to do with a smooth surface at all, it means trail, or it can also means "the wake" of something.

Answer 2

zhmelissa I thought estela also means like tablet,no??

Not that I know of, it can mean something like 'footstep' and you can find tablet and estela in sentences like this ....

StudyBook: la tablet de Intel que sigue la estela del Classmate PC

Answer 3

I thought estela also means like tablet,no??

Answer 4

Tabla and tablero can be synonymous of board or plank but I think that tablero is more common when referring to specific boards like tablero de ajedrez (chessboard), tablero de dibujo (drawing board), tablero de distribución (electricity switchboard) etc.

And as kylew said 'estela' means trail.