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los palitos

little sticks, sticks, chopsticks

→ palito
noun · plural masculine Rare #41,481
little sticks, sticks A diminutive form of palo; often refers to small sticks or slender stick-shaped objects.
SP: Los niños juntaron palitos para hacer una fogata.
EN: The children gathered little sticks to make a fire.
chopsticks In the expression palitos chinos.
SP: Comemos arroz con palitos.
EN: We eat rice with chopsticks.
Declension of palito
palitospalito

¿Vas a hacer la cuna con palitos y saliva?

Are you going to make the crib out of sticks and spit?

— Juno: Crecer, correr y tropezar (2007)

Una criada es como un par de palitos chinos.

A maid is like a pair of chopsticks.

— La doncella (2016)

Deja de apuntarme con esos palitos.

Stop pointing those little sticks at me.

— Jugada Maestra (2026)

Quieren armar algo con palitos de helado y clavos.

They want to build something with popsicle sticks and nails.

— El botín (2026)

Vi muchas de tus figuras de palitos.

I saw many of your stick figures.

— Esplendor americano (2003)

Sacan palitos.

They draw sticks.

— Delicatessen (1991)

Vamos a luchar con palitos?

Are we going to fight with sticks?

— El viento que acaricia el prado (2006)