pegajoso

adj.

1 sticky, clinging, adhesive, adhering.

2 glairy.

3 glutinous, emplastic.

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pegajoso

► adjetivo

1 (mano, dedo) sticky

■ hace un calor pegajoso it's really hot and sticky

2 peyorativo (persona) clingy

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ADJ

1) (=que se adhiere) [superficie, suelo, manos] sticky; [miel] sticky, gooey *

la mesa está muy pegajosa — the table is all sticky

hoy hace un calor pegajoso — it's really sticky today

2) [persona] clingy *

3) LAm [canción, melodía] catchy

4) (=contagioso) contagious

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-sa adjetivo

a) <superficie/sustancia> sticky

tengo las manos pegajosas — my hands are all sticky

b) <calor> sticky

c) (fam) <persona> clinging (colloq)

d) (AmL fam) <canción/música> catchy

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= sticky [stickier -comp., stickiest -sup.], viscous, viscid, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.].

Ex. The book was is repulsively foul, greasy, sticky, black with use.

Ex. This book illustrates how potential flows enter into the general theory of motions of viscous and viscoelastic fluids.

Ex. They are actually very viscid liquids, but their flow is so slow at ordinary temperatures as to be scarcely discernible by the human eye.

Ex. The process encompasses exposing the surface of the sheet to a saturated solution of long-lasting surfactant while it is still tacky.

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* con dedos pegajosos = sticky-fingered.

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-sa adjetivo

a) <superficie/sustancia> sticky

tengo las manos pegajosas — my hands are all sticky

b) <calor> sticky

c) (fam) <persona> clinging (colloq)

d) (AmL fam) <canción/música> catchy

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= sticky [stickier -comp., stickiest -sup.], viscous, viscid, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.].

Ex: The book was is repulsively foul, greasy, sticky, black with use.

Ex: This book illustrates how potential flows enter into the general theory of motions of viscous and viscoelastic fluids.

Ex: They are actually very viscid liquids, but their flow is so slow at ordinary temperatures as to be scarcely discernible by the human eye.

Ex: The process encompasses exposing the surface of the sheet to a saturated solution of long-lasting surfactant while it is still tacky.

* con dedos pegajosos = sticky-fingered.

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pegajoso -sa

adjective

1 ‹superficie/sustancia› sticky

tengo las manos pegajosas my hands are all sticky

2 ‹calor› sticky

3 (fam); ‹persona› over-affectionate, clinging (colloq)

4 (AmL fam) ‹canción/música› catchy

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pegajoso

◊ -sa adjetivo

a) ‹superficie/sustancia› sticky

b) ‹calor› sticky

c) (fam) ‹persona› clinging (colloq)

d) (AmL fam) ‹canción/música› catchy

pegajoso,-a adjetivo
1 (una cosa) sticky
2 fam (una persona) clingy
'pegajoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pegajosa
- pringosa
- pringoso
English:
adhesive
- clingy
- gummy
- sticky
- tacky
- catchy

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pegajoso, -a adj

1. [adhesivo] sticky;

tengo las suelas pegajosas the soles of my shoes are sticky

2. [calor] sticky;

[frío] clammy

3. Fam [persona] clingy, clinging;

es muy pegajoso he's very clingy

4. Méx [música] catchy

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pegajoso

adj

1 (pringoso) sticky

2 fig : persona clingy

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pegajoso, -sa adj

1) : sticky, gluey

2) : catchy

una tonada pegajosa: a catchy tune

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pegajoso adj sticky [comp. stickier; superl. stickiest]