Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/peɣaˈmento/

Line drawing of pegamento
Coloured illustration of pegamento
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Translation

glue, adhesive

Word origin

From pegar ('to stick, to glue') plus the noun-forming suffix -mento, from Latin picare ('to coat with pitch'), from pix ('pitch').

Origin
Latin
Root
picare

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralpegamentos

Examples

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I need glue to fix the shoe.

secado .

The glue has not dried completely yet.

¡, !

Careful, that adhesive is very strong!

¿ cartel?

Do you have some glue for the poster?

manualidad.

The children used glue and scissors for the craft.

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This word is part of lesson 86.