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Spanish
Etymology
From pegar + -mento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɡaˈmento/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: pe‧ga‧men‧to
Noun
pegamento m (plural pegamentos)
- glue, adhesive
- Synonyms: (especially in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Uruguay) goma, (Colombia) pegante, (Puerto Rico, Venezuela) pega, (Mexico) resistol
- (figurative) glue
Usage notes
- For natural glue paste made from horse hooves, use cola. Pegamento generally refers to synthetically-produced glue.
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