papelera

Spanish

A paper mill

A garbage can

A trash

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papeˈleɾa/ [pa.peˈle.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: pa‧pe‧le‧ra

Noun

papelera f (plural papeleras)

1. paper mill (a factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients)

   Synonyms: fábrica de papel, fábrica de celulosa

2. wastepaper basket, wastebasket, wastebin, wastepaper bin
   • 2015 July 18, “El jabalí duerme en el jardín”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Los animales, además, tumban papeleras y contenedores en pos del alimento.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (computing) trash, (in Microsoft Windows) recycle bin

   Synonym: (in Microsoft Windows) papelera de reciclaje

Adjective

papelera

1. feminine singular of papelero

Further reading

• “papelero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10