papelera

Spanish

A paper mill
A garbage can
A trash

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /papeˈleɾa/ [pa.peˈle.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: pa‧pe‧le‧ra

Noun

papelera f (plural papeleras)

  1. paper mill (a factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients)
    Synonyms: fábrica de papel, fábrica de celulosa
  2. wastepaper basket, wastebasket, wastebin, wastepaper bin
    • 2015 July 18, “El jabalí duerme en el jardín”, in El País‎[1]:
      Los animales, además, tumban papeleras y contenedores en pos del alimento.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (computing) trash, (in Microsoft Windows) recycle bin
    Synonym: (in Microsoft Windows) papelera de reciclaje

Adjective

papelera

  1. feminine singular of papelero

Further reading

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