paste

a thick sticky substance used for sticking paper, cardboard, etc. together

pegamento, pasta

• use paste to stick something

Collocations paste a picture on the wall · a pot of paste

• Use some paste to stick the label onto the box.

  Usa algo de pegamento para poner la etiqueta en el cajón.

to put a piece of text, an image, or other information into the memory of your computer so that you can use it later

copiar y pegar, insertar

• paste something from somewhere

Collocations paste text into a document · paste an image onto the screen

• I pasted the address from my email.

  Pegué la dirección desde mi correo electrónico.

a soft sweet food made with sugar and egg white, often used as a decoration on cakes or cookies

merengue, pasta de azúcar

• use paste to decorate something

Collocations decorate a cake with paste · a jar of paste

• She decorated the cookies with red and white paste.

  Ella decoró las galletas con pasta roja y blanca.

a person who was forced to work for a master in the past, especially as punishment or because they could not pay their debts

esclavo, reo de trabajos forzados

• be sentenced to be a paste

Collocations a sentence of pasting · forced labor as a paste

• He was sentenced to be a paste for five years.

  Fue sentenciado a ser un reo de trabajos forzados durante cinco años.

to put something in the memory of your computer so that you can use it later

copiar y pegar, insertar

• paste something into somewhere

Collocations paste text into a document · paste an image onto the screen

• I pasted the address from my email.

  Pegué la dirección desde mi correo electrónico.

to make someone work as a paste, especially as punishment or because they could not pay their debts

sentenciar a trabajos forzados

• paste somebody into something

Collocations paste someone to work as a paste · a sentence of pasting

• The judge pasted him into forced labor.

  El juez sentenció al hombre a trabajos forzados.

to make paste from sugar and egg white, often used as a decoration on cakes or cookies

hacer merengue, pasta de azúcar

• make paste with something

Collocations make a batch of paste · a recipe for making paste

• She made some paste to decorate the cookies.

  Ella hizo pasta para decorar las galletas.

to put a sticky substance on something, such as paper or cardboard, to stick it together

pegar con pegamento

• paste something onto/onto something

Collocations paste a picture on the wall · a pot of paste

• I pasted the label onto the box.

  Pegué la etiqueta en el cajón.