cepillar

v.

1 to brush (ropa, pelo).

Anita cepilla su cabello Anita brushes her hair.

2 to plane (madera).

El carpintero cepilla la tabla The carpenter planes the board.

3 to pinch (informal) (robar).

cepillar algo a alguien to pinch something off somebody

4 to butter up, to flatter (informal) (adular). (peninsular Spanish, Colombian Spanish)

5 to soft-soap.

El chico cepilló a la profesora The boy soft-soaped the teacher.

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cepillar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to brush

2 (madera) to plane

3 familiar (adular) to butter up

► verbo pronominal cepillarse

1 (gen) to brush

■ está cepillándose el pelo she's brushing her hair

2 familiar (matar) to do in, wipe out

3 familiar (suspender) to fail, US flunk

■ se ha cepillado a cuatro he failed four students

4 familiar (acabarse) to polish off, finish up

■ se cepilló todo el pastel he polished off the whole cake

5 tabú (tirarse a) to lay

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verb

1) to brush

2) plane

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1. VT

1) [+ ropa, dientes, pelo] to brush

2) [+ madera] to plane, plane down

3) * (=suspender) to fail, flunk ( esp EEUU) *

4) * (=adular) to flatter, butter up

5) * (=robar) to rip off *

6) * (=ganar) to win, take (a from)

2.

See:

cepillarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <ropa/dientes/pelo> to brush

b) <madera> to plane

2) (Col fam) (adular) to butter ... up (colloq)

2.

cepillarse v pron

1) (refl) <ropa> to brush; <dientes> to brush, clean

2) (enf) (Esp)

a) (arg) (matar) to bump ... off (colloq)

b) (terminar) <comida> to polish off (colloq)

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= brush, plane.

Ex. For gold tooling, impressions of the tools were first made in blind and then an adhesive glair of egg white was next brushed into the blind impression, allowed to dry, and greased.

Ex. A barrel maker was commonly called a cooper and he started by planing narrow wood strips or staves from imported wood often from Thailand.

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* cepillarse a Alguien = buff.

* cepillarse los dientes = brush + Posesivo + teeth.

* máquina de cepillar = planing machine.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <ropa/dientes/pelo> to brush

b) <madera> to plane

2) (Col fam) (adular) to butter ... up (colloq)

2.

cepillarse v pron

1) (refl) <ropa> to brush; <dientes> to brush, clean

2) (enf) (Esp)

a) (arg) (matar) to bump ... off (colloq)

b) (terminar) <comida> to polish off (colloq)

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= brush, plane.

Ex: For gold tooling, impressions of the tools were first made in blind and then an adhesive glair of egg white was next brushed into the blind impression, allowed to dry, and greased.

Ex: A barrel maker was commonly called a cooper and he started by planing narrow wood strips or staves from imported wood often from Thailand.

* cepillarse a Alguien = buff.

* cepillarse los dientes = brush + Posesivo + teeth.

* máquina de cepillar = planing machine.

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cepillar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹ropa/zapatos/pelo› to brush; ‹teeth› to brush, clean

2 ‹madera› to plane

B (fam) (robar) to swipe (colloq), to pinch (BrE colloq)

C (Esp arg) ‹estudiante› to fail, flunk (AmE colloq)

D (Col fam) (adular) to butter … up (colloq)

■ cepillarse

v pron

A (refl) ‹ropa› to brush; ‹dientes› to brush, clean

B (enf) (Esp)

1 (arg) (matar) to bump … off (colloq), to wipe … out (sl)

2 (terminar) to polish off (colloq)

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cepillar (conjugate cepillar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹ropa/dientes/pelo› to brush

b) ‹madera› to plane

cepillarse verbo pronominal (refl) ‹ropa› to brush;
‹dientes› to brush, clean
cepillar verbo transitivo
1 to brush
2 (en carpintería) to plane (down)
3 fam (hurtar) to pinch
'cepillar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
contrapelo
English:
brush
- plane
- shave
- groom

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cepillar

♦ vt

1. [ropa, pelo] to brush;

[dientes] to brush, to clean

2. [madera] to plane

3. Fam [robar] to pinch;

cepillar algo a alguien to pinch sth from sb

4. Esp, Col Fam [adular] to butter up, to flatter

♦ See also the pronominal verb cepillarse

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cepillar

v/t brush

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cepillar vt

1) : to brush

2) : to plane (wood)

♦ See also the reflexive verb cepillarse

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cepillar vb to brush