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papel

Definitions of papel
  1. noun
    the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
    synonyms: función, oficio
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    colocación, lugar, plaza, posición, puesta, puesto, sitio, ubicación
    the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
    type of:
    deber, obligación
    work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
  2. noun
    an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
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    embolado, papelito
    a small role
    heroína
    the main good female character in a work of fiction
    villano
    the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
  3. noun
    a medium for written communication
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    medio de comunicación
    a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
  4. noun
    words making up the dialogue of a play
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    aparte
    a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
    apunte, pie
    an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
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    frase
    text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
  5. noun
    a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
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    carta
    one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
    confeti
    small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding)
    cuartilla, hoja, hoja de papel, pliego
    paper used for writing or printing
    cuché
    a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay)
    secante
    absorbent paper used to dry ink
    carbón, papel carbón
    a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper
    cartón, pasta
    a stiff moderately thick paper
    matamoscas
    paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies
    papel cuadriculado
    paper that has lines to permit drawing graphs
    tornasol
    unsized paper treated with litmus for use as an acid-base indicator
    papel de estraza
    a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp
    papel de periódico
    cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
    bloque
    a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
    papiro
    paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
    papel de seda
    a soft thin (usually translucent) paper
    empapelado, papel pintado
    a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
    papel de envolver
    a tough paper used for wrapping
    papel de escribir
    paper material made into thin sheets that are sized to take ink; used for writing correspondence and manuscripts
    calcomanía
    either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface
    naipe
    one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games
    tarjeta perforable
    a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes
    cartela, papeleta, papelito, planilla, tira
    a small sheet of paper
    cromo
    a card with a picture on it; collected and traded by children
    folio, hoja
    a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
    papel de carta
    paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes
    folio, papel tamaño folio
    a size of paper used especially in Britain
    cartulina
    thin cardboard, usually rectangular
    papelón
    a cardboard suitable for making posters
    taco
    a pad of paper on which messages can be written
    bloc, bloc de notas
    a pad of paper for keeping notes
    papel higiénico
    a soft thin absorbent paper for use in toilets
    vitela
    a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment
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    materia
    the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
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