escobilla

Spanish

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /eskoˈbiʝa/ [es.koˈβ̞i.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /eskoˈbiʎa/ [es.koˈβ̞i.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /eskoˈbiʃa/ [es.koˈβ̞i.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /eskoˈbiʒa/ [es.koˈβ̞i.ʒa]

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  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

  • Syllabification: es‧co‧bi‧lla

Etymology 1

From escoba (“broom”) +‎ -illa (diminutive ending).

Noun

escobilla f (plural escobillas)

  1. brush
    Synonym: cepillo
Derived terms
Descendants
  • →? Sicilian:

Verb

escobilla

  1. inflection of escobillar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Perhaps borrowed from Occitan escobilha,[1] from Early Medieval Latin scōpīlia. First attested in Antonio de Nebrija.[2] Cf. Portuguese escovilha.

Noun

escobilla f (plural escobillas)

  1. filings
    Synonym: limadura

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “scōpīliae”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 11: S–Si, page 325
  2. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “escoba”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 698

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