papelera
Meanings
Noun
1. paper mill (a factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients)
2. wastepaper basket, wastebasket, wastebin, wastepaper bin
3. trash, (in Microsoft Windows) recycle bin (computing)
Examples5
La papelera está llena.
The wastebasket is full.
Dame el envoltorio, que ya lo tiro yo a la papelera.
Give me the wrapper, so that I can throw it in the wastebasket already.
Pon el chicle en envoltorio antes de tirarlo a la papelera.
Stick the gum in a wrapper before throwing it away.
Tom abrió el sacapuntas y tiró las virutas en la papelera.
Tom opened the pencil sharpener and emptied the shavings out into the trash.
Mi tío se convirtió en rico gracias a su papelera.
My uncle became rich thanks to his paper mill.