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Tag: engrapadora

Definitions tagged engrapadora in the street dictionary.

Engrapar

To fasten sheets of paper or similar items together using staples.

A: Those sheets need to be engraparlas before giving them to the teacher. B: Let's go to the corner store, they have a machine to engrapar there.

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Clip

An English loanword used to mean a staple. It is common among people who also refer to a stapler as a clipsadora instead of the standard term, engrapadora. (In most other Spanish-speaking regions, a clip is a paperclip and a staple is a grapa).

A: "Ana, do you have any clips? I ran out of mine." B: "Yeah, let me look for some."

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Clipsar

To staple papers together (a colloquialism influenced by the English word clip).

A: Listen, didn't I tell you those papers had to be clipsarlos before taking them to the boss? B: Oh, Mrs. Mercedes, I completely forgot...

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clipsadora

Stapler (in Panama, this term is used instead of the standard Spanish word engrapadora).

Mario, pass me the clipsadora there! Hey dude, lend me your clipsadora for a second.

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