pizarrón

Spanish

Etymology

From pizarra + -ón (augmentative).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piθaˈron/ [pi.θaˈrõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pisaˈron/ [pi.saˈrõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pi‧za‧rrón

Noun

pizarrón m (plural pizarrones)

1. (education) chalkboard, blackboard

   Synonym: (Spain) encerado

Derived terms

• pizarrín

See also

• clarión
• tiza
• gis
• borrador

Further reading

• “pizarrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “pizarrón”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010