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plastico

plastic

adjective noun PLAHS-tee-koh Rare

Origin: From Greek 'plastikos' (able to be moulded).

Also means

malleable

Usage Note

Plastico is an adjective meaning 'plastic, malleable, pliable'. As a masculine noun un plastico means a scale model — of a building or of terrain — NOT the synthetic material, which is la plastica (feminine). Plastica also colloquially means 'cosmetic surgery'.

Examples

"Il contenitore è fatto di materiale plastico."

Natural Translation

The container is made of plastic material.

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