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Meaning of lousa | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
ˈlowsɐ

Definitions

  1. slatestone
    feminine, uncountable
  2. flagstone
    countable, feminine, uncountable
  3. a slab
    feminine
  4. Equivalent to 'blackboard': A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.

Equivalents

العربية بلاط
Català llosa
Cymraeg fflag llorlech
Ελληνικά πλάκα
Español adoquín laja
Français dalle lauze
Gaeilge leac
Galego barda chanto lastra laxe
Magyar járdalap
Հայերեն սալաքար
Italiano lastra tegola
日本語 敷石
Português laje lousa
Русский плита́

Examples

“a a tal condiçon que uos, o dicto Loppo Doucos, façades a dicta casa de pedra et de madeyra et de lousa et do al que ouuer mester et a tenades en bon paramento et ben reparada et morada et con ho orto feyto”

in the condition that you, the mentioned Lopo Doucos, must build that house with stone, and wood, and slate, and the rest of needed things, and that you should keep it in good state, repaired, inhabited and with its garden

“que vos avemos de dar dous carros de lousa para cobrir ho dito lagar, et vos que o façades por vosa custa”

we shall give you two carts full of flagstones for roofing that winery, and you should do that at your expenses

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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