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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