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/bɔːdz/ /bɔːɹdz/

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noun

Tablas, tablones

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

Examples :

"The carpenter used several wooden boards to build the new bookshelf. "

El carpintero usó varias tablas de madera para construir la nueva estantería.

material building

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Tablero

A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.

Examples :

"The school's main office has a large switchboard to handle all phone calls. "

La oficina principal de la escuela tiene un gran tablero para manejar todas las llamadas telefónicas.

electronics device technology communication utility electric

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Tablero

A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.

Examples :

"Each player starts the game with four counters on the board."

Cada jugador comienza el juego con cuatro fichas en el tablero.

game entertainment

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Pizarra, tablero, tablero de ajedrez, tabla de surf, foro

Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.

Examples :

"The teacher wrote the homework assignment on both boards in the classroom: the whiteboard and the blackboard. "

El profesor escribió la tarea en ambas pizarras del aula: la pizarra blanca y la pizarra negra.

material game internet communication sport education building

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Junta directiva, consejo

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

Examples :

"We have to wait to hear back from the board."

Tenemos que esperar para tener noticias de la junta directiva.

business organization

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Pensión, comida

Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.

Examples :

"Room and board"

Habitación y pensión

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Costado

The side of a ship.

Examples :

"The sailor leaned over the boards of the ship, watching the dolphins swim. "

El marinero se inclinó sobre el costado del barco, observando a los delfines nadar.

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La distancia que recorre un velero entre bordadas cuando navega contra el viento

The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.

Examples :

""The small sailboat made slow progress up the river, its boards becoming shorter as the wind shifted and the current grew stronger." "

El pequeño velero avanzaba lentamente río arriba, sus bordadas se acortaban a medida que el viento rotaba y la corriente se hacía más fuerte.

nautical sailing technical

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Tablas

The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.

Examples :

"The hockey player slammed into the boards trying to stop the puck. "

El jugador de hockey chocó contra las tablas tratando de detener el disco.

sport game building

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Mesa, tabla

A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.

Examples :

"For the Renaissance festival, they built long boards where the actors and audience could share a communal meal. "

Para el festival del Renacimiento, construyeron largas mesas donde los actores y el público podían compartir una comida comunal.

utensil food item

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Cartón

Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.

Examples :

"to bind a book in boards"

encuadernar un libro en cartón

material stationery

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Escenario, tabla

A level or stage having a particular layout.

Examples :

"The video game has multiple boards, each with a different arrangement of obstacles. "

El videojuego tiene múltiples escenarios, cada uno con una disposición diferente de obstáculos.

stage structure

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Contenedor de cartas

A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.

Examples :

"In the duplicate bridge tournament, each table used the same boards so every team played the exact same hands. "

En el torneo de bridge duplicado, cada mesa usó el mismo contenedor de cartas para que cada equipo jugara exactamente las mismas manos.

game entertainment

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Rebote

Examples :

""He grabbed the boards after the basketball bounced off the rim." "

Él agarró el rebote después de que el balón de baloncesto rebotara en el aro.

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El escenario

(with "the") A stage (as in a theater).

Examples :

"The actors nervously waited to go on the boards for the opening scene. "

Los actores esperaban nerviosamente para subir al escenario para la escena de apertura.

stage entertainment culture

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Tablas

Structure around a rink for ice hockey.

Examples :

"The hockey players crashed into the boards during the game. "

Los jugadores de hockey chocaron contra las tablas durante el partido.

sport structure

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Tapas, cubiertas

A hardcover binding on a book.

Examples :

"His new novel just came out in boards. The paperback will follow in about a year."

Su nueva novela acaba de salir en tapas. El libro de bolsillo le seguirá en aproximadamente un año.

literature material writing

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verb

Embarcar, abordar

To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

Examples :

"It is time to board the aircraft."

Es hora de abordar el avión.

vehicle nautical

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Alojarse y alimentar a alguien

To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.

Examples :

"The kind woman boards university students during the school year. "

La amable mujer aloja y alimenta a estudiantes universitarios durante el curso escolar.

business service

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Alojarse y comer

To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.

Examples :

""During the school year, some students who live far from campus board with local families." "

Durante el curso escolar, algunos estudiantes que viven lejos del campus se alojan y comen con familias locales.

property service business

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Abordar

To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party

Examples :

"The pirates prepared to board the merchant ship, hoping to seize its cargo. "

Los piratas se prepararon para abordar el barco mercante, con la esperanza de apoderarse de su cargamento.

nautical military sailing war action

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Tomar las comidas, alojarse y comer

To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation

Examples :

""During the school year, many students board at the private academy, paying for their meals and rooms." "

Durante el curso escolar, muchos estudiantes toman las comidas en la academia privada, pagando por sus comidas y habitaciones.

business service job

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Acercarse a, abordar

To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.

Examples :

"The persistent salesperson boarded me in the shopping mall, trying to sell me a new credit card. "

El persistente vendedor me abordó en el centro comercial, tratando de venderme una nueva tarjeta de crédito.

action human communication

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Entablar, cubrir con tablas

To cover with boards or boarding.

Examples :

"to board a house"

Entablar una casa.

building material

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Golpear con una tabla

To hit (someone) with a wooden board.

Examples :

"The angry carpenter boards the unruly lumber with swift, determined strokes. "

El carpintero enfadado golpea la madera rebelde con golpes rápidos y decididos.

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escribir en la pizarra

To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.

Examples :

"The teacher boards the math problem on the whiteboard for the students to see. "

El profesor escribe el problema de matemáticas en la pizarra para que los estudiantes lo vean.

writing education communication

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Exámenes

Examinations given for entry to college or to qualify for a profession.

Examples :

"She studied hard for her medical boards so she could become a certified doctor. "

Estudió mucho para sus exámenes médicos y así poder convertirse en médico certificado.

education achievement