paper
UK: /ˈpeɪ.pər/ US: /-pə`/Translation
n [u]
› (para escribir o pintar)
⇨ papel
Can you give me a sheet of paper? ¿Me das una hoja de papel?
■ Se dice some paper, a piece of paper o a sheet of paper. Incorrecto: a papern [c]
Véase tb: blotting paper; brown paper; carbon paper; crepe paper; scrap paper; to put pen to paper; toilet paper; White Paper; wrapping paper; writing paper›
⇨ periódico
to read the paper leer el periódico
› UK
⇨ examen
›
⇨ artículo
⇨ ponencia
⇨ comunicación
on paper
⇨ por escrito
⇨ en teoría
It looks good on paper En teoría debería funcionar
(Definition of paper nn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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