what is table in spanish?

Question

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

Answer 1

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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Answer 2

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".

Answer 3

The table you eat at is mesa. Tabla is a table, such
as a table of figures or a logarithm table.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

Table is "mesa", plank is "tabla", which is also board.

Answer 7

I checked on the site translate table to spanish and I got "tabla" You can do this with any word you want translated.

Answer 8

la mesa = table

Answer 9

la mesa

Answer 10

mesa