tar in Spanish
tar in Spanish is alquitrán, alquitrán carbonoso, chapopote bituminoso — tar means a thick, dark, sticky substance made from coal or wood, used in roofing and road-making.
tar in Spanish
alquitrán
Coal tar.
alquitrán carbonoso
Coal tar.
chapopote bituminoso
Coal tar.
chapopote hullero
Coal tar.
alquitrán
(uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
brea
(uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
alquitrán
(usually, uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
chapapote
(usually, uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
chapopote
(usually, uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
galipote
(usually, uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
alquitranar
(transitive) To coat with tar.
What does "tar" mean?
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noun A thick, dark, sticky substance made from coal or wood, used in roofing and road-making.
"Workers spread hot tar over the new road surface."
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verb To coat something with tar.
"They tarred the roof to seal it against leaks."
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noun In computing, a program (and the archive file it creates) used to bundle multiple files together on Unix-based systems.
"He extracted the source code from the tar file."
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tar in a sentence
- Workers spread hot tar over the new road surface.
- The smell of tar drifted from the road works down the street.
- They tarred the roof to seal it against leaks.
- The fishermen tarred the bottom of their wooden boat every spring.
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What is "tar" in Spanish?
"tar" in Spanish is alquitrán, alquitrán carbonoso, chapopote bituminoso. tar means: A thick, dark, sticky substance made from coal or wood, used in roofing and road-making.
How do you use "tar" in a sentence?
Example: "Workers spread hot tar over the new road surface." In Spanish, "tar" is alquitrán, alquitrán carbonoso, chapopote bituminoso.
Are there other ways to say "tar" in Spanish?
Yes — Spanish has 9 translations listed for "tar": alquitrán, alquitrán carbonoso, chapopote bituminoso, chapopote hullero, brea, chapapote.
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