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papelera

American

[pah-pe-le-rah] / ˌpɑ pɛˈlɛ rɑ /

noun

Spanish Furniture.

a small Renaissance cabinet for papers and writing materials, mounted on a small stand.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

papeleras

plural

Etymology

Origin of papelera

< Spanish, equivalent to papel paper + -era (feminine); see -ary

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