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"palillo" in English

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palillo{masculine}
pinchó una aceituna con el palillo
she speared an olive with the cocktail stick
matchstick{noun} (stick)
toothpick{noun}
Envolver las mozzarellas mini bien escurridas con las rodajas de verdura asada y sujetar con palillos.
Wrap the well drained mini mozzarellas in the slices of grilled vegetable and fasten with a toothpick.
chopstick{noun}
Incluso le invitarán a cenar con palillos.
They will even invite him to dinner with chopsticks.
De poco sirve que los japoneses protejan sus bosques en Japón, pero en cambio talen sin piedad los bosques de Asia o América Latina para transformarlos en palillos desechables.
There is little point in the Japanese protecting their forests in Japan, whilst in Asia or Latin America they relentlessly clear the land of trees to make disposable chopsticks!
string bean{noun} [coll.] (tall, thin person)
clothes pin{noun} [Amer.]

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Cortar también las mozzarellas mini por la mitad y pincharlas en un palillo alternándolas con los tomatitos y las hojitas de albahaca.
Cut the mini mozzarellas in half and thread on a skewer alternately with the tomatoes and basil leaves.
pinchó una aceituna con el palillo
she speared an olive with the cocktail stick
es un palillo
he's as thin as a rake
Extender los filetes de caballa, salpimentarlos, enrollarlos sobre sí mismos sin presionar demasiado y cerrarlos con un palillo.
Pour the sauce into a sac à poche and squeeze out a long straight stripe on the plate, then put the cheese sauce and cabbage on top followed by the meat cut into very thin slices.