Meanings (ES + gloss)
pizarra
A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.
In 1765 only 80 men were employed, and the annual output of slates did not exceed 1,000 tons, and large-scale quarrying was not begun by Lord Penrhyn until 1782.
Some of the minor Welsh 2 ft. gauge railways, we hear from Mr. N. F. G. Dalston, are enjoying a miniature boom owing to the demand for slate for the repair of damaged roofs.
pizarra
A generally rectangular piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on with a thin rod of the same or another stone (a slate pencil) or with chalk; a small chalkboard.
He wrote all down one side of the slate and all up the other, and then remarked--"As there's no time to finish that, The time has come to have our chat."
cuenta
A record, for example, of money owed.
Put it on my slate—I’ll pay you next week.
Phrases
blank slateclean slatedraw a sponge over the slatedrawing slateend slatelithographic slatelog slatemagic slateon the slatepass a sponge over the slatepolishing slateslastoslate clubslate looseslate pencilslate quarryslate whiteslate writerslate writingslate-coloured juncoslate-shiverslatefulslatelessslatelikeslatestoneslateworksslatishslatytail slatewipe the slate clean