brush

=

el cepillo

sustantivo

brush

[brʌʃ]

sustantivo

1. cepillo (m) (for clothes, hair); cepillo (m) , escoba (f) (for sweeping); pincel (m) (for painting pictures); brocha (f) (for house-painting, shaving)

2. cepillado (m) (action) (to hair, teeth, horse)

to give one's hair a brush -> cepillarse el pelo
to give the floor a brush -> barrer el suelo

3. roce (m) (light touch)

to have a brush with the law (familiar) -> tener un problemilla con la ley

4. cola (f) (of fox)

5. maleza (f) (undergrowth)

verbo transitivo

6. cepillar (clean); barrer (floor)

to brush one's hair -> cepillarse el pelo
to brush one's teeth -> lavarse or cepillarse los dientes

7. rozar (touch lightly)

verbo intransitivo

también:

to brush against something/somebody -> rozar algo/a alguien
to brush past something/somebody -> pasar rozando algo/a alguien

brush [brash]

sustantivo

1. Cepillo (for cleaning/hair), escobilla, limpiadera, bruza, pincel (paint), brocha (large).

To be tarred with the same brush -> estar cortados por la misma tijera o por el mismo patrón

2. Asalto, choque, combate, zacapela, sarracina, riña de voces y golpes.

3. Haz de leña menuda.

4. Matorral, monte, breñal.

I gave my hair a brush -> me cepillé el pelo
Brush with something/somebody -> roce con algo/alguien (encounter/with the law, the police)
She had had several brushes with death -> ha visto la muerte de cerca en varias ocasiones

Cola (of fox). Maleza (scrub); broza (cut branches). Roce (faint touch).

1. Acepillar, limpiar con el cepillo o escobilla (clean/groom; jacket, hair); restregar; rasar.

2. Pintar con brocha.