cepillo

m.

1 brush.

cepillo de dientes toothbrush

cepillo del pelo hairbrush

cepillo de uñas nailbrush

2 plane.

3 collection box, poor box.

4 hairbrush.

5 collecting-box, alms box, alms chest, poor box.

6 collection plate.

7 soft-soaper, flatterer.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: cepillar.

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cepillo

► nombre masculino

1 brush

2 (de carpintería) plane

3 (para limosnas) collection box

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cepillo de dientes toothbrush

cepillo de ropa clothes brush

cepillo de uñas nailbrush

cepillo del pelo hairbrush

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noun m.

1) brush

2) plane

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SM

1) [para ropa, dientes, pelo] brush

lleva el pelo cortado al cepillo — he has a crew cut

cepillo de baño — toilet brush

cepillo de dientes — toothbrush

cepillo de púas (metálicas) — wire brush

cepillo para el pelo — hairbrush

cepillo para la ropa — clothes brush

cepillo para las uñas — nailbrush

2) [para barrer] brush

cepillo para el suelo — scrubbing brush

3) [para madera] plane

4) (Rel) poorbox, alms box

5) LAm (=adulador) flatterer, bootlicker *

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masculino

1) (para ropa, zapatos, pelo) brush; (para suelo) scrubbing brush

lleva el pelo cortado al cepillo — he has a crew cut

echarle cepillo a alguien — (Col fam) to butter somebody up (colloq)

- cepillo de dientes/uñas

2) (de carpintería) plane

3) (en la iglesia) collection box (o plate etc)

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= scrubbing brush, alms box, brush.

Ex. It's amazing what a lick of paint and a scrubbing brush can do to brighten your brickwork!.

Ex. The two panels may have been part of a grand alms box, perhaps for the Siena cathedral.

Ex. If you've spilled a lot of hair shampoo on the carpet, you will find it easier to remove it with a dustpan (but not the brush) rather than trying to wipe it.

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* cepillo de dientes = toothbrush.

* cepillo de raíces = scrubbing brush.

* frotar con un cepillo = brush.

* pelado al cepillo = crewcut [crew-cut].

* quitar con un cepillo = brush away.

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masculino

1) (para ropa, zapatos, pelo) brush; (para suelo) scrubbing brush

lleva el pelo cortado al cepillo — he has a crew cut

echarle cepillo a alguien — (Col fam) to butter somebody up (colloq)

- cepillo de dientes/uñas

2) (de carpintería) plane

3) (en la iglesia) collection box (o plate etc)

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= scrubbing brush, alms box, brush.

Ex: It's amazing what a lick of paint and a scrubbing brush can do to brighten your brickwork!.

Ex: The two panels may have been part of a grand alms box, perhaps for the Siena cathedral.

Ex: If you've spilled a lot of hair shampoo on the carpet, you will find it easier to remove it with a dustpan (but not the brush) rather than trying to wipe it.

* cepillo de dientes = toothbrush.

* cepillo de raíces = scrubbing brush.

* frotar con un cepillo = brush.

* pelado al cepillo = crewcut [crew-cut].

* quitar con un cepillo = brush away.

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cepillo

masculine

A (para la ropa, los zapatos, el pelo) brush; (para el suelo) scrubbing brush

lleva el pelo cortado al cepillo he has a crew cut

echarle cepillo a algn (Col fam); to butter sb up (colloq)

Compuestos:

● cepillo de dientes

toothbrush

● cepillo de uñas

nailbrush

B (de carpintería) plane

C (en la iglesia) collection box ( o plate etc)

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Del verbo cepillar: (conjugate cepillar)

cepillo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

cepilló es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
cepillar    
cepillo    
cepilló
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
cepillo sustantivo masculino
1 (para ropa, zapatos, pelo) brush;
(para suelo) scrubbing brush;

◊ lleva el pelo cortado al cepillo he has a crew cut;

cepillo de dientes/uñas toothbrush/nailbrush
2 (de carpintería) plane
3 (en la iglesia) collection box (o plate etc)
cepillar verbo transitivo
1 to brush
2 (en carpintería) to plane (down)
3 fam (hurtar) to pinch
cepillo sustantivo masculino
1 brush
cepillo de dientes, toothbrush
cepillo del pelo, hairbrush
2 (de carpintero) plane
3 Rel (limosnero) alms box
'cepillo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cepillarse
- cerda
- restregar
- blando
- churrusco
- de
- fregar
- peinar
English:
brush
- brush off
- clothes brush
- hairbrush
- nailbrush
- plane
- scrubbing brush
- shoebrush
- toothbrush
- blow
- clothes
- hair
- nail
- pack
- scrub
- shoe
- sweeper
- tooth
- work

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cepillo nm

1. [para limpiar] brush;

pasar el cepillo por algo to give sth a brush;

lleva el cabello cortado a cepillo he has a crew cut

Comp

cepillo de dientes toothbrush;

cepillo del pelo hairbrush;

cepillo de uñas nailbrush

2. [de carpintero] plane

3. [para barrer] brush;

pasar el cepillo to brush the floor

4. [de donativos] collection box, poor box

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cepillo

m brush;

con el pelo cortado a cepillo with a crew cut

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cepillo nm

1) : brush

cepillo de dientes: toothbrush

2) : plane (for woodworking)

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cepillo n brush [pl. brushes]

cepillo de dientes toothbrush

cepillo para elpelo hairbrush