pegamento

Spanish

Etymology

From pegar +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɡaˈmento/ [pe.ɣ̞aˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: pe‧ga‧men‧to

Noun

pegamento m (plural pegamentos)

  1. glue, adhesive
    Synonyms: (especially in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Uruguay) goma, (Colombia) pegante, (Puerto Rico, Venezuela) pega, (Mexico) resistol
  2. (figurative) glue

Usage notes

  • For natural glue paste made from horse hooves, use cola. Pegamento generally refers to synthetically-produced glue.

Derived terms

  • barra de pegamento (“glue stick”) (Spain)
  • barrita de pegamento (“glue stick [for a glue gun]”)
  • pegamento en barra (“glue stick”) (Mexico, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru)

Further reading

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