brush

∗ ≈

el cepillo

∗ noun

brush
[brʌʃ]
sustantivo
1cepillo (m) (for clothes, hair); cepillo (m) , escoba (f) (for sweeping); pincel (m) (for painting pictures); brocha (f) (for house-painting, shaving)
2cepillado (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
3roce (m) (light touch)
  • to have a brush with the law (familiar) -> tener un problemilla con la ley
4cola (f) (of fox)
5maleza (f) (undergrowth)
verbo transitivo
6cepillar (clean); barrer (floor)
  • to brush one's hair -> cepillarse el pelo
  • to brush one's teeth -> lavarse or cepillarse los dientes
7rozar (touch lightly)
verbo intransitivo
también:
  • to brush against something/somebody -> rozar algo/a alguien
  • to brush past something/somebody -> pasar rozando algo/a alguien

Copyright © 2006 Chambers Harrap Publishers Limited

brush [brash]
sustantivo
1Cepillo (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
2Asalto, choque, combate, zacapela, sarracina, riña de voces y golpes.
3Haz de leña menuda.
4Matorral, 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).
1Acepillar, limpiar con el cepillo o escobilla (clean/groom; jacket, hair); restregar; rasar.
2Pintar con brocha.
  • To brush one’s teeth -> lavarse o cepillarse los dientes
  • He brushed the crumbs off the table -> quitó las migas de la mesa (sweep)
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
3(Joc.) Mover apresuradamente. (n)
4Pasar ligeramente por encima. (n)
  • To brush away -> quitar, como con cepillo
  • To brush by one -> pasar bruscamente cerca de alguno sin hacer caso de él
va. Rozar (touch lightly).

Velazquez® Spanish and English Dictionary. Copyright © 2007 by Velazquez® Press. All rights reserved.

brush [brʌʃ]
noun
1 (gen) cepillo; (m) (sweeping brush) cepillo; (m) escobilla; (f) (scrubbing brush) cepillo de cerda; (m) (shaving brush, decorator's) brocha; (f) (paint brush) (artist's) pincel; (m) (Electricity and Electronics) (contact) escobilla; (f)
shoe brush cepillo para zapatos; (m)
2 (act of brushing) cepillado; (m)
give your coat a brush cepíllate el abrigo; let's give it a brush vamos a pasar el cepillo
3 (tail) [of fox] rabo; (m) hopo; (m)
4 (skirmish) roce; (m)
to have a brush with the police tener un roce con la policía
5 (light touch) toque; (m)
6 (undergrowth) maleza; (f) broza; (f)
verb:transitive
1 (clean) [+floor] cepillar; [+clothes, hair] cepillar
to brush one's shoes limpiarse los zapatos; to brush one's teeth lavarse los dientes; cepillarse los dientes
2 (touch lightly) rozar

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Verb Conjugation for "brush"

Imperative
  • brush
  • you brush
  • he/she brushes
  • we brush
  • you brush
  • they brush
Preterite
  • I brushed
  • you brushed
  • he/she brushed
  • we brushed
  • you brushed
  • they brushed
Present Continuous
  • I am brushing
  • you are brushing
  • he/she is brushing
  • we are brushing
  • you are brushing
  • they are brushing
Present Perfect
  • I have brushed
  • you have brushed
  • he/she has brushed
  • we have brushed
  • you have brushed
  • they have brushed
Past Continuous
  • I was brushing
  • you were brushing
  • he/she was brushing
  • we were brushing
  • you were brushing
  • they were brushing
Past Perfect
  • I had brushed
  • you had brushed
  • he/she had brushed
  • we had brushed
  • you had brushed
  • they had brushed
Future
  • I will brush
  • you will brush
  • he/she will brush
  • we will brush
  • you will brush
  • they will brush
Future Perfect
  • I will have brushed
  • you will have brushed
  • he/she will have brushed
  • we will have brushed
  • you will have brushed
  • they will have brushed
Future Continuous
  • I will be brushing
  • you will be brushing
  • he/she will be brushing
  • we will be brushing
  • you will be brushing
  • they will be brushing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been brushing
  • you have been brushing
  • he/she has been brushing
  • we have been brushing
  • you have been brushing
  • they have been brushing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been brushing
  • you will have been brushing
  • he/she will have been brushing
  • we will have been brushing
  • you will have been brushing
  • they will have been brushing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been brushing
  • you had been brushing
  • he/she had been brushing
  • we had been brushing
  • you had been brushing
  • they had been brushing
Paid English to Spanish translation