cepillar

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cepillo + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θepiˈʎaɾ/

Verb

cepillar (first-person singular present cepillo, first-person singular preterite cepillei, past participle cepillado)

  1. to polish, smoothen or perfect
  2. to brush
    Cepillar os dentes
    brush one's teeth

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cepillo + -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /θepiˈʝaɾ/ [θe.piˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /θepiˈʎaɾ/ [θe.piˈʎaɾ]
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /sepiˈʝaɾ/ [se.piˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /sepiˈʎaɾ/ [se.piˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /sepiˈʃaɾ/ [se.piˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /sepiˈʒaɾ/ [se.piˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ce‧pi‧llar

Verb

cepillar (first-person singular present cepillo, first-person singular preterite cepillé, past participle cepillado)

  1. (transitive) to brush
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to please, praise
  3. (transitive, vulgar) to fuck
  4. (transitive, colloquial) to despoil, plunder
    Synonyms: pelar, desplumar
  5. to plane
    Synonym: dolar
  6. (reflexive) to brush (oneself)
    me cepillo el peloI’m brushing my hair.

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