escobilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eskoˈbiʝa/ [es.koˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /eskoˈbiʝa/ [es.koˈβ̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /eskoˈbiʎa/ [es.koˈβ̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /eskoˈbiʃa/ [es.koˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /eskoˈbiʒa/ [es.koˈβ̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: es‧co‧bi‧lla

Etymology 1

From escoba (“broom”) +‎ -illa (diminutive ending).

Noun

escobilla f (plural escobillas)

1. brush

   Synonym: cepillo

Derived terms

• escobilla morisca
• escobillar
• escobillón

Descendants

• →? Sicilian:
  • → Maltese: xkupilja

Verb

escobilla

1. inflection of escobillar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Perhaps borrowed from Occitan escobilha, from Early Medieval Latin scōpīlia. First attested in Antonio de Nebrija. Cf. Portuguese escovilha.

Noun

escobilla f (plural escobillas)

1. filings

   Synonym: limadura

Further reading

• “escobilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024