Principal Translations |
plaster n | uncountable (material for coating walls, etc.) | revoque nm |
| | enlucido nm |
| | yeso nm |
| Nathan is putting plaster on the walls. |
| Nathan está poniendo revoque en las paredes. |
plaster n | UK (Band-Aid, sticking plaster: dressing) (AmL) | curita nf |
| (ES) | tirita nf |
| (BO, CO) | cura nf |
| Tim cut his knee, so his dad put a plaster on it. |
| Tim se cortó la rodilla y por eso su papá le puso una curita. |
plaster [sth]⇒ vtr | (walls: coat with plaster) | revocar⇒ vtr |
| | enlucir⇒ vtr |
| We need to plaster this room. |
| Necesitamos revocar la habitación. |
plaster [sth] on [sth] vtr + prep | figurative, informal (spread: [sth] all over [sth]) | cubrir de vtr + prep |
| | llenar de vtr + prep |
| Dawn plastered makeup on her face. |
| Dawn se cubrió de maquillaje la cara. |
plaster [sth] all over [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (spread: [sth] all over [sth]) | llenar algo de loc verb |
| | cubrir algo con vtr + prep |
| Rick turned his back for a minute and the kids plastered ice cream all over the sofa. |
| Rick se dio vuelta un minuto y los niños llenaron el sofá de helado. |
plaster [sth] over [sth], plaster [sth] all over [sth] vtr + prep | figurative, informal (distribute, spread [sth] around) | llenar algo con vtr + prep |
| | cubrir algo con vtr + prep |
| Melanie plastered the unflattering photo of her brother all over social media. |
| Melanie llenó las redes sociales con esa fea foto de su hermano. |
plaster [sth] with [sth] vtr + prep | figurative, informal (cover: [sth] with [sth]) | cubrir algo con vtr + prep |
| | tapar algo con vtr + prep |
| Irene plastered all the notice boards in town with posters advertising her café. |
| Irene cubrió todas las carteleras de anuncios de su pueblo para promocionar su café. |
Additional Translations |
plaster [sb]⇒ vtr | figurative, slang (defeat) | azotar a vtr + prep |
| (figurado, coloquial) | dar una paliza a loc verb |
| The home team plastered their opponents. |
| El equipo local azotó a sus oponentes. |
plaster [sb] vtr | figurative, slang (hurt, knock down) | tumbar a vtr + prep |
| The titleholder is plastering the challenger. |
| El campeón del título está tumbando a su oponente. |
plaster [sth] down vtr + adv | (cause to lie flat) (pelo) | engominarse⇒ v prnl |
| | engominar⇒ vtr |
| Colin plastered his hair down with Brylcreem. |
| Colin se engominó el pelo con crema. |