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"Ropes" is a form of "ropes", a plural noun which is often translated as "cuerdas". "Chalk" is a noun which is often translated as "la tiza". Learn more about the difference between "ropes" and "chalk" below.
ropes(
rops
)A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
1. (sports)
2. (colloquial) (details)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. pormenores
Our new employee learned the ropes of her new job very easily.Nuestra nueva empleada aprendió los pormenores de su nuevo trabajo con facilidad.
rope
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
3. (thick cord)
b. la cuerda (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I think I can fix this wooden ladder with a rope and some nails.Creo que puedo arreglar esta escalera de madera con una cuerda y algunos clavos.
a. la horca (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The prisoner was given the rope for the massacre he committed during the war.El reo fue condenado a la horca por la matanza que llevó a cabo durante la guerra.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
6. (to fasten)
a. encordarse
As the weather worsened, the two mountain climbers roped themselves together.Mientras el clima empeoraba, los dos alpinistas se encordaron.
chalk(
chak
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
b. el gis (M) (Mexico)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Mexico
She drew hearts on the blackboard with a piece of red chalk.Dibujó corazones en la pizarra con un gis rojo.
2. (mineral)
a. la creta (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
England was known as Albion because of the chalk of the White Cliffs of Dover.Inglaterra era conocida como Albión por los acantilados blancos de creta de Dover.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. escribir con tiza
The teacher chalked some sentences on the blackboard.La profesora escribió algunas oraciones con tiza en la pizarra.
