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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

pegamento

Pronunciation / Transliteration: peɣaˈmento

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Glue/ɡluː/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Usé pegamento para arreglar el jarrón."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A sticky substance used for joining things together.

    "I used glue to fix the broken vase."
As verb
  1. 1

    To join or attach two things together using a sticky substance.

    "Please glue the pieces of paper together."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin gluten meaning paste or glue, originating from classical roots. It entered Middle English via Old French during the medieval period, initially referring to a sticky substance made by boiling animal hoofs and hides.

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