palillo
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palillo
masculine noun
1. toothpick (mondadientes); cocktail stick (para tapa)
2. drumstick (baqueta)
3. chopstick (para comida china)
4. matchstick (persona delgada)
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palillo [pah-leel’-lyo]
noun
1. (dim.) A small stick. (m)
2. Knittingneedle case, a utensil which women carry fastened to the waist by the apron-strings. (m)
3. Toothpick (mondadientes). (m)
4. Bobbin, a wooden implement for making net-work or laces. (m)
5. Drum-stick. (m)
6. Peruvian plant similar to the guava-tree. (m)
7. After-dinner table-talk.
8. Small pins put on the billiard-table in certain games.
9. (coll.) Trifles, things of no moment.
- Palillos chinos -> chopsticks
- Estar hecho un palillo -> to be as thin as a rake
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