Pantalla

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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for July 23, 2008

pantalla - feminine noun (la) - screen. Look up pantalla in the dictionary

¿Qué tan difícil sería reparar una pantalla de plasma?
How hard would it be to fix a plasma screen?

[Alfonso]

Los árboles junto a mi casa sirven de pantalla...

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by Alfonso

Los árboles junto a mi casa sirven de pantalla...

Hmmm, do you mean that the trees are a windbreak?

[sosia]

"Tengo una vieja lámpara con una pantalla naranja, y otra lampara con una pantalla vidriada (Tyffanys)"
saludos

[Alfonso]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

Hmmm, do you mean that the trees are a windbreak?

You've got it: a windbreak, a soundbreak, a sightbreak... Is there any English word for all of these?

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Alfonso

You've got it: a windbreak, a soundbreak, a sightbreak... Is there any English word for all of these?

A row of trees can serve as:
a windbreak (a snow fence),
a sound barrier,
a sight barrier (a screen),
a privacy hedge (think a row of conifers),
and a boundary line

[Elaina]

Ustedes son muy pantalla......con su uso variado de las palabras.

Elaina

[Tomisimo]

Rusty y Alfonso me apantallan con su dominio de los idiomas!