pegamento
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”) + Spanish suffix -mento, from Latin -mentum.
Noun
pegamento m (plural pegamentos)
- glue (substance) (synthetic)
- (figurative) glue
Usage notes
For natural glue paste made from horse hooves, use cola. Pegamento generally refers to synthetically-produced glue.
Synonyms
- goma (especially in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Uruguay)
- pegante (Colombia)
- pega (Puerto Rico, Venezuela)
Derived terms
- pegamento en barra (“glue stick”) (Mexico, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru)
- barra de pegamento (“glue stick”) (Spain)
- barrita de pegamento (“glue stick [for a glue gun]”)