pegamento

/peɡaˈmento/ · B2 · noun · m

glue

🧴 pegamento = pegar (to stick) + -mento (thing that does it)

Spanish pegar means to stick or paste, and the suffix -mento turns a verb into a noun for the result or means of an action. So pegamento is literally the stuff that sticks. Compare pegatina, a sticker.

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