lavagna
lab
In Italian, 'lab' is short for 'laboratorio' which means laboratory. However, in an educational context, 'lab' is often used to refer to a classroom, specifically a science or computer lab. The Italian word for this is 'lavagna', which can also mean 'blackboard'. It is important to note that the usage of 'lavagna' to mean 'lab' is less common and may not be understood by everyone.
Example sentences using: lavagna
La lavagna in classe era sempre pulita.
The blackboard in class was always clean.
This sentence is a simple statement about the cleanliness of the blackboard in a classroom. 'La lavagna' stands for 'the blackboard', 'in classe' means 'in class', 'era' is the past tense of the verb to be (was) and 'sempre pulita' means 'always clean'.
Non riesco a leggere quello scritto sulla lavagna.
I can't read what is written on the blackboard.
This sentence expresses the speaker's inability to read something written on the blackboard. 'Non riesco' means 'I can't', 'a leggere' is 'to read', 'quello scritto' is 'that written' and 'sulla lavagna' translates to 'on the blackboard'.
Potresti cancellare la lavagna, per favore?
Could you erase the blackboard, please?
This is a polite request for someone to erase the blackboard. 'Potresti cancellare' is a polite way to say 'Could you erase', 'la lavagna' is 'the blackboard' and 'per favore' means 'please'.