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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /eskoˈbiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /eskoˈbiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /eskoˈbiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /eskoˈbiʒa/
- Syllabification: es‧co‧bi‧lla
Etymology 1
From escoba (“broom”) + -illa (diminutive ending).
Noun
escobilla f (plural escobillas)
- brush
- Synonym: cepillo
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
escobilla
- inflection of escobillar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 2
Perhaps borrowed from Occitan escobilha,[1] from Early Medieval Latin scōpīlia. First attested in Antonio de Nebrija.[2] Cf. Portuguese escovilha.
Noun
escobilla f (plural escobillas)
- filings
- Synonym: limadura
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