papeleira
Galician edit
Adjective edit
papeleira
Noun edit
papeleira f (plural papeleiras)
- paper mill (a factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients)
- wastepaper basket, wastebasket, wastebin, wastepaper bin
- Synonym: (in Microsoft Windows) lixeira
- (computing) trash, (in Microsoft Windows) recycle bin
- Synonym: (in Microsoft Windows) papeleira de reciclaxe
Further reading edit
- “papeleira” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From papel + -eira. Piecewise doublet of papelaria.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pa‧pe‧lei‧ra
Noun edit
papeleira f (plural papeleiras)
- paper mill (a factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients)
- wastepaper basket, wastebasket, wastebin, wastepaper bin
- Synonym: lixeira
- desk, wastebasket, wastebin, wastepaper bin
- Synonyms: secretária, escrivaninha
- (Brazil) toilet roll holder
- Synonym: porta-rolos
Further reading edit
- “papeleira” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “papeleira” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “papeleira” in Dicionário Online de Português.