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apergaminado
parchment-like
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Dry, stiff and parchment-like
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Apergaminado means parchment-like, like the paper-thin skin on an old person's hands. It is apergaminar0 turned into an adjective, literally "papered" or "turned to paper."
apergaminado
parchment-like, wrinkled (skin)
Skin that is dry, thin and finely wrinkled, usually after years of age or sun.
Tenía las manos apergaminadas y llenas de manchasHis hands were parchment-like and covered in spots
El sol le dejó la piel apergaminada antes de los cuarentaThe sun left her skin wrinkled before she turned forty
stiff, brittle, parchment-like (materials)
A material that's dry and stiff, usually from age.
Las tapas del libro eran de un papel apergaminadoThe covers of the book were made of a parchment-like paper
Encontró unas cartas apergaminadas en el fondo del baúlHe found some brittle letters at the bottom of the trunk