Question:
what is table in spanish?
xyourmomx565
2007-04-22 10:47:31 UTC
what is table in spanish? i thought it was mesa? but then someone said that table was tabla. i found out tabla is board?
im soo confused! hELP
Twelve answers:
lost in space
2007-04-22 12:08:42 UTC
If you mean a dinner table, for example, then it's "mesa"; if you mean a math table, then it's "tabla".

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pingraham@sbcglobal.net
2007-04-22 11:03:52 UTC
There are several Spanish words that can be translated as "table" in English. And each of those Spanish words can mean several different things.

Example: mesa can mean table (as in a piece of furniture), a table-land, plateau, a case of printer's type, fare (i.e., the food that comprises a meal), the flat part of a sword, and many other things. Check out a good Spanish-English dictionary for more details.

Likewise, tabla can mean a plank or board, a seat, a bench, a slab, a tablet, a chest, plate, index, catalog and other things.

So, as they say, "it depends."

And remember that table can mean different things in English as well: a piece of furniture, the food served at a meal, a chart or list of things, a mesa (flat-topped land formation), and other specialized defiinitions.

But, back to your original intention: I'm guessing you meant the piece of finished furniture where you eat your meals and most Spanish speakers I know would use "mesa".
steiner1745
2007-04-22 11:13:17 UTC
The table you eat at is mesa. Tabla is a table, such

as a table of figures or a logarithm table.
Nina
2007-04-26 03:05:13 UTC
tabla de planchar= ironing board

tabla de acero= iron board

mesa= table

tabla de multiplicar= multiplication table



Like everything in Spanish it depends in what you are trying to say. The whole phrase will be helpful for translation.
Martha P
2007-04-22 13:20:22 UTC
table= mesa

billiard table = mesa de billar



but also: tabla, plancha, placa, losa, tablero (de juego);

junta, comité



Geogr. meseta; Geol. estrato horizontal



tabla (índice, lista, cuadro)

cuadro sinóptico = table of contents

the tables of the Law = las Tablas de la Ley
Javy
2007-04-22 11:01:28 UTC
Table is "mesa", plank is "tabla", which is also board.
ruth4526
2007-04-22 11:00:36 UTC
I checked on the site translate table to spanish and I got "tabla" You can do this with any word you want translated.
Tania La Güera
2007-04-22 10:51:10 UTC
la mesa = table
iANNA!
2007-04-22 12:57:35 UTC
la mesa
aeyo33
2007-04-22 12:15:23 UTC
mesa
Diomedes
2007-04-22 10:53:20 UTC
you say it right.



'Mesa' = table



'Tabla' =board

'Tabla de surf' = surf board
anonymous
2007-04-22 11:19:53 UTC
la pendeja!


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