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Tag: engrapar

Definitions tagged engrapar in the street dictionary.

Engrapadora

A tool used to join sheets of paper together using metal staples, synonymous with clipsadora.

A: 'Joselito, where did you leave the engrapadora? I can not find it.' B: 'It is on the table in my room.'

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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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