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brush

el cepillo

cepillar

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brush(

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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

1. (grooming tool)

a. el cepillo

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

I need a round brush for my hair.Necesito un cepillo redondo para mi cabello.

2. (cleaning tool)

a. el cepillo

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Use the brush to remove the dirt from your blanket.Usa el cepillo para quitar la suciedad de tu manta.

3. (painting tool)

a. la brocha

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

I need a large brush to paint the fence.Necesito una brocha grande para pintar la valla.

b. el pincel

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Owning Picasso's brushes and paint does not make you an artist.Tener las pinturas y los pinceles de Picasso no te convierte en artista.

4. (scrubland)

a. la maleza

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

We need to clear this brush before we can plant the flowers.Necesitamos quitar esta maleza antes de que podamos sembrar las flores.

5. (brushwood)

a. la broza

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Let's go into the wood to collect some brush for the fire.Vamos al bosque a recoger algo de broza para la fogata.

6. (light touch)

a. el roce

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

He still remembered the brush of her fingers on his arm.Todavía recordaba el roce de sus dedos en su brazo.

7. (encounter)

a. el roce

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

That car accident was his first brush with death.Ese accidente automovilístico fue su primer roce con la muerte.

8. (act of brushing)

a. el cepillado

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The horse is always happy after a good brush.El caballo siempre está feliz después de un buen cepillado.

9. (fox tail)

a. la cola

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

The fox had a lovely red brush.El zorro tenía una preciosa cola roja.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

10. (to clean)

a. cepillar

Melissa brushes her daughter's hair every morning.Melissa le cepilla el pelo a su hija todas las mañanas.

b. cepillarse (pronominal use)

Go brush your teeth.Ve a cepillarte los dientes.

11. (to touch lightly)

a. rozar

He brushed her cheek with his lips.Él rozó su mejilla con sus labios.

12. (to remove)

a. sacudir

I am always having to brush the dandruff off of my shoulders.Siempre tengo que estar sacudiéndome la caspa de los hombros.

brush

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (for clothes, hair)

a. el cepillo

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

2. (for sweeping)

a. la cepillo m, escoba

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

3. (for painting pictures)

a. el pincel

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

4. (for house-painting, shaving)

a. la brocha

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

5. (action; to hair, teeth, horse)

a. el cepillado

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

to give one's hair a brushcepillarse el pelo

to give the floor a brushbarrer el suelo

6. (light touch)

a. el roce

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

7. (colloquial)

to have a brush with the lawtener un problemilla con la ley

8. (of fox)

a. la cola

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

9. (undergrowth)

a. la maleza

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

10. (clean)

a. cepillar

11. (floor)

a. barrer

to brush one's haircepillarse el pelo

to brush one's teethlavarse or cepillarse los dientes

12. (touch lightly)

a. rozar

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

13. (general)

to brush against something/somebodyrozar algo/a alguien

to brush past something/somebodypasar rozando algo/a alguien

brush [brʌʃ]

noun

1 (gen) cepillo (m); (sweeping brush) cepillo (m); escobilla (f); (scrubbing brush) cepillo (m) de cerda; (shaving brush, decorator's) brocha (f); (paint brush) (artist's) pincel (m); (Electricity and Electronics) (contact) escobilla (f)

shoe brush cepillo (m) para zapatos

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)

transitive verb

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

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Conjugations

Participles

Present:	brushing
Past:	brushed

Indicative

	Present	Past	Future
I	brush	brushed	will brush
you	brush	brushed	will brush
he/she	brushes	brushed	will brush
we	brush	brushed	will brush
you	brush	brushed	will brush
they	brush	brushed	will brush