Translation of starch in Spanish

for a minute I blamed the burger that I had eaten at the duty free back in Cancun, but thinking a little further I recalled eating street food the night earlier, as it was Mexican independence day.
Life here is the opposite of what you think. We are living in small village which is a housing complex for MCD employees with their families. It's a children paradise and on the other hand quite boring.
The ice blocks that usually break off during the summer started already to break off in spring due to the Global warming. The glaciers in general were loosing volume as we were told and as we could see.