wastepaper
wastepaper
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. el papel para botar (M) (Latin America)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
All the wastepaper goes in that blue bin.Todo el papel para botar se mete en ese contenedor azul.
b. el papel para tirar (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The intern goes around at the end of the day collecting the wastepaper.El pasante va recogiendo el papel para tirar al final del día.
c. el papel para reciclar (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Don't throw that apple in there. That's for wastepaper.No tires la manzana ahí. Eso es papel para reciclar.
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