La plancia mostra il punteggio.

Because plancia is a feminine singular noun.

In Italian, the definite article has to match the noun’s gender and number:

• il = masculine singular
• la = feminine singular

So:

• la plancia = the board / the dashboard / the panel

Even if the thing is not biologically female, Italian nouns still have grammatical gender.

Plancia can mean different things depending on context. Common meanings include:

• dashboard
• control panel
• board
• in gaming contexts, often a player board or game board area

So the exact English translation depends on where the sentence comes from. In a board game, la plancia often refers to the board or dashboard-like area that displays information.

Mostra is the third-person singular present tense of mostrare, which means to show or to display.

The subject is la plancia, which is singular, so the verb must also be singular:

• io mostro = I show
• tu mostri = you show
• lui/lei mostra = he/she shows

So:

• La plancia mostra... = The board shows...

Yes. Mostra can also be a noun meaning exhibition or show.

For example:

• una mostra d’arte = an art exhibition

But in La plancia mostra il punteggio, it is clearly a verb, because it comes after the subject la plancia and before the object il punteggio.

So here, mostra means shows/displays, not exhibition.

Because Italian often uses the definite article where English may or may not use the.

Here, il punteggio literally means the score.

Italian usually sounds more natural with the article in this kind of sentence:

• La plancia mostra il punteggio.

Leaving out the article would usually sound incomplete or unnatural in standard Italian.

Punteggio means score, point total, or number of points, depending on context.

It is a masculine singular noun, which is why it takes il:

• il punteggio

In a game, it usually refers to the current score or total points.

This is the normal Italian subject–verb–object order:

• La plancia = subject
• mostra = verb
• il punteggio = direct object

So it matches the basic English structure:

• The board shows the score.

Italian can sometimes change word order for emphasis, but this version is the most neutral and straightforward.

Plancia is pronounced roughly PLAN-cha.

A few helpful points:

• pla- sounds like pla in planet
• -ncia here gives a cha sound
• the stress is on the first syllable: PLAN-cia

So a rough English guide is:

• PLAHN-cha

In Italian, c changes sound depending on the vowel that follows it.

Before a, o, u, c is usually hard:

• casa
• cosa

But when you see cia, cio, ciu, the ci combination usually gives a ch sound:

• ciao
• cioccolato
• plancia

So in plancia, the cia part sounds like cha.

It is singular.

You can tell because:

• the article is la = feminine singular
• the verb is mostra = third-person singular

The plural would be:

• le plance = the boards / the panels

So:

• La plancia mostra il punteggio. = The board shows the score.
• Le plance mostrano il punteggio. = The boards show the score.

The main clue is the verb agreement.

The verb is mostra, which is singular. Both la plancia and il punteggio are singular, so agreement alone does not completely settle it. But Italian normally follows subject–verb–object order, so the first noun phrase is understood as the subject:

• La plancia = subject
• mostra = verb
• il punteggio = object

Also, semantically, it makes sense that the board displays the score, not that the score displays the board.

Yes, that is possible.

Visualizza means displays or shows on a screen/display, and it can sound a bit more technical.

So:

• La plancia mostra il punteggio = The board shows the score.
• La plancia visualizza il punteggio = The board displays the score.

Both can work, but mostra is simpler and very common.

Yes, because it is the first word of the sentence.

So you write:

• La plancia mostra il punteggio.

If the phrase appeared in the middle of a sentence, then la would normally be lowercase unless some special formatting required otherwise.