cepillo

See also: cepilló and Cepillo

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈpiʎʊ/

Etymology 1

Noun

cepillo m (plural cepillos)

1. brush
2. plane (carpentry tool for smoothing wood)

Further reading

• “cepillo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Etymology 2

Verb

cepillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cepillar

Spanish

A hair brush

A brush

A plane

A poor box

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈpiʝo/ [θeˈpi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θeˈpiʝo/ [θeˈpi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeˈpiʎo/ [θeˈpi.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seˈpiʝo/ [seˈpi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /seˈpiʝo/ [seˈpi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /seˈpiʎo/ [seˈpi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seˈpiʃo/ [seˈpi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seˈpiʒo/ [seˈpi.ʒo]

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• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: ce‧pi‧llo

Etymology 1

From cepo (“branch”) +‎ -illo (diminutive).

Noun

cepillo m (plural cepillos)

1. brush
2. plane (tool for smoothing wood; for carpentry)

   Synonym: cepillo de carpintero

3. poor box

Derived terms

• cepillo de dientes (“tooth brush”)
• cepillo del pelo

 

Related terms

• cepillar
• peine

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cepillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cepillar

Further reading

• “cepillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014