palillo

∗ ≈

toothpick

∗ noun

palillo

masculine noun

1. toothpick (mondadientes); cocktail stick (para tapa)

2. drumstick (baqueta)

3. chopstick (para comida china)

4. matchstick (persona delgada)

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.

palillo

1 (mondadientes) (also palillo de dientes) toothpick

unas piernas como palillos de dientes legs like matchsticks

2 (Música) [de tambor, batería] drumstick;palillos (instrumento) castanets

3 (para comida oriental) chopstick

4 very thin person

estar hecho un palillo to be as thin as a rake

5 (Taur) banderilla

6 (S. Cone) (aguja de tejer) knitting needle

7 (Centroamérica) (México) (portalápices) penholder

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