papeleira

Galician

A paper mill
A garbage can
A trash
A toilet roll holder

Adjective

papeleira

  1. feminine singular of papeleiro

Noun

papeleira f (plural papeleiras)

  1. paper mill (a factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients)
  2. wastepaper basket, wastebasket, wastebin, wastepaper bin
    Synonym: (in Microsoft Windows) lixeira
  3. (computing) trash, (in Microsoft Windows) recycle bin
    Synonym: (in Microsoft Windows) papeleira de reciclaxe

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From papel + -eira. Piecewise doublet of papelaria.

Noun

papeleira f (plural papeleiras)

  1. paper mill (a factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients)
  2. wastepaper basket, wastebasket, wastebin, wastepaper bin
    Synonym: lixeira
  3. desk, wastebasket, wastebin, wastepaper bin
    Synonyms: secretária, escrivaninha
  4. (Brazil) toilet roll holder
    Synonym: porta-rolos

Further reading

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