- escoba
- f.broom.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: escobar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: escobar.* * *escoba► nombre femenino1 brush, broom\FRASEOLOGÍAestar como una escoba familiar to be as thin as a rakepasar la escoba to sweep upno vender una escoba familiar not to sell a thing* * *1. SF1) [para barrer] broom, brush
pasar la escoba — to sweep up
escoba mecánica — carpet sweeper
2) (Bot) broom2.SMF (Dep) sweeper* * *femenino1) (para barrer) broom; (de bruja) broomstickpasar la escoba por la habitación — to sweep the room
no vender una escoba — to get nowhere, to achieve nothing
escoba nueva barre bien — (CS) a new broom sweeps clean
2) (en naipes) tbescoba de quince — card game in which players try to combine cards to total 15 points
3) (Bot) broom* * *= broom.Ex. Curling, a version of bowls, but played on ice and involving the astute application of brooms, is a sport in which Scotland is a world leader.----* palo de (la) escoba = broomstick.* * *femenino1) (para barrer) broom; (de bruja) broomstickpasar la escoba por la habitación — to sweep the room
no vender una escoba — to get nowhere, to achieve nothing
escoba nueva barre bien — (CS) a new broom sweeps clean
2) (en naipes) tbescoba de quince — card game in which players try to combine cards to total 15 points
3) (Bot) broom* * *= broom.Ex: Curling, a version of bowls, but played on ice and involving the astute application of brooms, is a sport in which Scotland is a world leader.
* palo de (la) escoba = broomstick.* * *escobafeminineA (para barrer) broom; (de bruja) broomstickpasó la escoba por la habitación he swept the roomno vender una escoba to get nowhere, to achieve nothingescoba nueva barre bien (CS); a new broom sweeps cleanCompuesto:escoba metálicarakeB (en naipes) tbescoba de quince card game in which players try to combine cards to total 15 pointsC (Bot) broomD(Chi fam) (desastre): quedó la escoba it was a disasterdejó la escoba he caused chaos o an uproar* * *
escoba sustantivo femenino (para barrer) broom;
(de bruja) broomstick
escoba sustantivo femenino broom, brush
'escoba' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escobilla
- barrer
- palo
English:
broom
- broomstick
- brush
- chase away
- handle
- sweep
* * *escoba nf1. [para barrer] broom;pasar la escoba to sweep (up);¿has pasado la escoba por la cocina? have you swept the kitchen?;CompFamno vender una escoba to get nowhere;Provescoba nueva barre bien a new broom sweeps clean2. [juego de cartas] = type of card game3. [arbusto] broom* * *escobaf broom* * *escoba nf: broom* * *escoba n1. (para barrer) broom2. (de una bruja) broomstick
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.