cepillar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• acepillar (rare)

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θepiˈʝaɾ/ [θe.piˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θepiˈʝaɾ/ [θe.piˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θepiˈʎaɾ/ [θe.piˈʎaɾ]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sepiˈʝaɾ/ [se.piˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /sepiˈʝaɾ/ [se.piˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /sepiˈʎaɾ/ [se.piˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /sepiˈʃaɾ/ [se.piˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /sepiˈʒaɾ/ [se.piˈʒaɾ]

Verb

1. to brush
2. (colloquial) to please, to praise
3. (vulgar) to fuck
4. (colloquial) to despoil, to plunder
5. to plane

Synonyms

• (to plane): dolar
• (to plunder): pelar, desplumar

Related terms

• cepillarse
• cepillo

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001