escombra

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See also: escombrá

Catalan

Etymology 1

Deverbal from escombrar, from Vulgar Latin *excomborāre, from Proto-Celtic *comboros, derived from *kom- (with) + *bereti (to bear), or from Latin scōpa, crossed with the Celtic word or influenced by escombrar (compare Occitan escoba (broom)).

Pronunciation

Noun

escombra f (plural escombres)

  1. broom
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Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

escombra

  1. inflection of escombrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

escombra

  1. inflection of escombrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative