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Meaning of band-aid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈbændeɪd

Definitions

An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.
Australia, Canada, Philippines, US
A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.
Australia, Canada, Philippines, US, idiomatic, informal

Equivalents

العربية ضمادة لاصِق طِبِّي

Български пластир

Bosanski banda flaster hefta фластер

Català tireta

Čeština leukoplast náplast

Dansk plaster

Deutsch Behelf Behelfslösung Heftpflaster Leukoplast Notlösung Pflaster Übergangslösung Wundpflaster Wundschnellverband

Ελληνικά λευκοπλάστης

Esperanto bandaĝo sparadrapo

Español apósito curita esparadrapo leuco paños calientes parche curita tirita

Suomi hefta laastari laastaroida paikkaus

Français pansement sparadrap

Gaeilge greimlín plástar

Galego banda

עברית פלסטר

Hrvatski banda flaster hefta фластер

Magyar kötszer ragtapasz sebtapasz tapasz

Bahasa Indonesia hansaplas plester

Íslenska plástur

Italiano cerotto

日本語バンドエイド絆創膏

ქართული სალბუნი

한국어 반창고 밴드에이드

Kurdî ḧefta hefta

Македонски фластер

Nederlands pleister pleister plakken

Polski improwizacja improwizować plaster przylepiec zaimprowizować

Português band-aid penso

Română plasture

Русский залатать запла́тка костыль лейкопластырь пластырь пофи́ксить

Српски banda flaster hefta фластер

Svenska plaster

Türkçe yara bandı

Tiếng Việt băng cá nhân băng keo cá nhân

Examples

“It was another of those political band-aids patted over a minor sore.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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