plástico

No utilizamos madera. Todos nuestros productos están fabricados con componentes plásticos o metálicos.We don't use wood. All our products are made with plastic or metallic components.

3. (malleable)

a. plastic

Para tu trabajo puedes usar un material plástico, como la arcilla.For your assignment, you can use plastic materials such as clay.

4. (fine arts)

a. plastic

Hay una interesante exposición de artes plásticas y visuales en el Museo de la Ciudad.There is an interesting exhibition featuring plastic and visual arts at the City's Museum.

5. (evocative)

a. expressive

El plástico estilo del autor consigue evocar las emociones de una juventud idealista.The author's expressive style manages to evoke the emotions of an idealistic youth.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(fashionable)

Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

(Central America)

a. trendy

El festival de música independiente estaba lleno de adolescentes plásticos.The indie music festival was full of trendy teenagers.

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plástico

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

1. (moldeable)

a. plastic

2. (expresivo)

a. expressive

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

3. (material)

a. plastic

4. (colloquial)

a. plastic (money)

plástico

adjective

1 (gen) plastic

artes plásticas plastic arts

2 [+imagen] expressive; [+descripción] rich; evocative

3 (Centroamérica)

chico plástico young trendy

1 (gen) plastic

es de plástico it's fake; it's not real (familiar)

2 (disco) record; disc

pinchar un plástico spin a disc (familiar)

3 (Mil) plastic explosive

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Examples

Phrases

bolsa de plástico	plastic bag
podemos conservar los recursos si reciclamos el aluminio, el vidrio y el plástico	we can conserve our resources if we recycle aluminum, glass, and plastic
esta botella está hecha de plástico reciclado	this bottle is made from recycled plastic
pieza aislante de plástico	plastic insulation part
de plástico	of plastic