engomar
verb
1. to starch, to gum
to apply starch or gum
Common combinations
- engomar una camisa — to starch a shirt
- engomar el cuello — to starch the collar
- engomar el pelo — to gel one's hair
- Mi madre engoma las camisas.My mother starches the shirts.
- Hay que engomar el cuello de la camisa.The shirt collar needs to be starched.
- El peluquero engomó el pelo del niño.The hairdresser gelled the boy's hair.
Same root
engomadogoma