cepillar

Aragonese

Etymology

From cepillo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θepiˈʎa(ɾ)/
  • IPA(key): /sepiˈʎa(ɾ)/ (Benasquese)
  • Syllabification: ce‧pi‧llar
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

cepillar

  1. to polish, smoothen or perfect
    Synonym: raspallar
  2. to brush
    Synonym: raspallar
    Cepillar es dients
    to brush one's teeth

Conjugation

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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

Conjugation

Further reading

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cepillo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

  • 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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