cepillo

See also: cepilló and Cepillo

Aragonese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈpiʎo/
• IPA^(key): /seˈpiʎo/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: ce‧pi‧llo
• Rhymes: -iʎo

Etymology 1

From cepo (“branch”) +‎ -illo (diminutive).

Noun

cepillo m

1. brush

Derived terms

• cepillo de dients (“tooth brush”)

Related terms

• cepillar
• desempellador
• desempillador
• paine
• peine
• piente

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cepillo

1. Vern form of cepillar

Further reading

• “cepillo”, in Diccionario ortografico de l’aragonés (seguntes la PO de l’EFA)‎^[1], Zaragoza: EDACAR, 2023, →ISSN

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈpiʎʊ/

Etymology 1

Noun

cepillo m (plural cepillos)

1. brush
2. plane (carpentry tool for smoothing wood)

Further reading

• “cepillo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Etymology 2

Verb

cepillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cepillar

Spanish

A hair brush

A brush

A plane

A poor box

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θeˈpiʝo/ [θeˈpi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /θeˈpiʝo/ [θeˈpi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /θeˈpiʎo/ [θeˈpi.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /seˈpiʝo/ [seˈpi.ʝo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /seˈpiʝo/ [seˈpi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /seˈpiʎo/ [seˈpi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /seˈpiʃo/ [seˈpi.ʃo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /seˈpiʃo/ [seˈpi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /seˈpiʒo/ [seˈpi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ce‧pi‧llo

Etymology 1

From cepo (“branch”) +‎ -illo (diminutive).

Noun

cepillo m (plural cepillos)

1. brush
2. plane (tool for smoothing wood; for carpentry)

   Synonym: cepillo de carpintero

3. poor box

Derived terms

• cepillo de dientes (“tooth brush”)
• cepillo del pelo

Related terms

• cepillar
• peine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cepillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cepillar

Further reading

• “cepillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025