cepillar

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cepillo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

Verb

cepillar (first-person singular present cepillo, first-person singular preterite cepillei, past participle cepillado)

  1. to polish, smoothen or perfect
  2. to brush
    Cepillar os dentes
    brush one's teeth

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cepillar
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal cepillar
Personal cepillar cepillares cepillar cepillarmos cepillardes cepillaren
Gerund
cepillando
Past participle
Masculine cepillado cepillados
Feminine cepillada cepilladas
Indicative
Present cepillo cepillas cepilla cepillamos cepillades cepillan
Imperfect cepillaba cepillabas cepillaba cepillabamos cepillabades cepillaban
Preterite cepillei cepillaches cepillou cepillamos cepillastes cepillaron
Pluperfect cepillara cepillaras cepillara cepillaramos cepillarades cepillaran
Future cepillarei cepillarás cepillará cepillaremos cepillaredes cepillarán
Conditional cepillaría cepillarías cepillaría cepillariamos cepillariades cepillarían
Subjunctive
Present cepille cepilles cepille cepillemos cepilledes cepillen
Imperfect cepillase cepillases cepillase cepillásemos cepillásedes cepillasen
Future cepillar cepillares cepillar cepillarmos cepillardes cepillaren
Imperative
Affirmative cepilla cepille cepillemos cepillade cepillen
Negative (non) non cepilles non cepille non cepillemos non cepilledes non cepillen

Further reading

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cepillo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /θepiˈʝaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /θepiˈʎaɾ/
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /sepiˈʝaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /sepiˈʎaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /sepiˈʃaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /sepiˈʒaɾ/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ce‧pi‧llar

Verb

cepillar (first-person singular present cepillo, first-person singular preterite cepillé, past participle cepillado)

  1. (transitive) to brush
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to please, praise
  3. (transitive, vulgar) to fuck
  4. (transitive, colloquial) to despoil, plunder
    Synonyms: pelar, desplumar
  5. to plane
    Synonym: dolar
  6. (reflexive) to brush (oneself)
    me cepillo el pelo ― I’m brushing my hair.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cepillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive cepillar
gerund cepillando
past participle masculine feminine
singular cepillado cepillada
plural cepillados cepilladas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cepillo cepillastú
cepillásvos 		cepilla cepillamos cepilláis cepillan
imperfect cepillaba cepillabas cepillaba cepillábamos cepillabais cepillaban
preterite cepillé cepillaste cepilló cepillamos cepillasteis cepillaron
future cepillaré cepillarás cepillará cepillaremos cepillaréis cepillarán
conditional cepillaría cepillarías cepillaría cepillaríamos cepillaríais cepillarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cepille cepillestú
cepillésvos2 		cepille cepillemos cepilléis cepillen
imperfect
(ra) 		cepillara cepillaras cepillara cepilláramos cepillarais cepillaran
imperfect
(se) 		cepillase cepillases cepillase cepillásemos cepillaseis cepillasen
future1 cepillare cepillares cepillare cepilláremos cepillareis cepillaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative cepillatú
cepillávos 		cepille cepillemos cepillad cepillen
negative no cepilles no cepille no cepillemos no cepilléis no cepillen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cepillar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive cepillar
dative cepillarme cepillarte cepillarle, cepillarse cepillarnos cepillaros cepillarles, cepillarse
accusative cepillarme cepillarte cepillarlo, cepillarla, cepillarse cepillarnos cepillaros cepillarlos, cepillarlas, cepillarse
with gerund cepillando
dative cepillándome cepillándote cepillándole, cepillándose cepillándonos cepillándoos cepillándoles, cepillándose
accusative cepillándome cepillándote cepillándolo, cepillándola, cepillándose cepillándonos cepillándoos cepillándolos, cepillándolas, cepillándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cepilla
dative cepíllame cepíllate cepíllale cepíllanos not used cepíllales
accusative cepíllame cepíllate cepíllalo, cepíllala cepíllanos not used cepíllalos, cepíllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cepillá
dative cepillame cepillate cepillale cepillanos not used cepillales
accusative cepillame cepillate cepillalo, cepillala cepillanos not used cepillalos, cepillalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cepille
dative cepílleme not used cepíllele, cepíllese cepíllenos not used cepílleles
accusative cepílleme not used cepíllelo, cepíllela, cepíllese cepíllenos not used cepíllelos, cepíllelas
with first-person plural imperative cepillemos
dative not used cepillémoste cepillémosle cepillémonos cepillémoos cepillémosles
accusative not used cepillémoste cepillémoslo, cepillémosla cepillémonos cepillémoos cepillémoslos, cepillémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cepillad
dative cepilladme not used cepilladle cepilladnos cepillaos cepilladles
accusative cepilladme not used cepilladlo, cepilladla cepilladnos cepillaos cepilladlos, cepilladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cepillen
dative cepíllenme not used cepíllenle cepíllennos not used cepíllenles, cepíllense
accusative cepíllenme not used cepíllenlo, cepíllenla cepíllennos not used cepíllenlos, cepíllenlas, cepíllense

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