cepillar

/[sepiˈʝaɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#66,754

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

cepillar is aSpanishverb. It means: Pasar un cepillo, de cerdas generalmente, sobre la ropa, muebles y otras superficies, para quitar el polvo, pelusillas y suciedades. Para ciertos trabajos específicos se usan cepillos de plástico, ... Pronounced [sepiˈʝaɾ].

Key facts for cepillar
PropertyValue
Headwordcepillar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[sepiˈʝaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#66,754
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cepillar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cepillar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sepiˈʝaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #66,754 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for cepillar in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cepillar, spelled C-E-P-I-L-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pasar un cepillo, de cerdas generalmente, sobre la ropa, muebles y otras superficies, para quitar el polvo, pelusillas y suciedades. Para ciertos trabajos específicos se usan cepillos de plástico, para lavar ropa o limpiarse los dientes, o de púas de acero, para desenmarañar el pelo de algunos animales, por ejemplo.
  2. 2
    Pasar un cepillo cortante de acero a la madera para emparejar o rebajar una superficie.
  3. 3
    Usar un cepillo para trabajar un metal, para pulir.
  4. 4
    Pasar un cepillo sobre el cabello para desenredarlo y peinarlo.
  5. 5
    Mejorar los modales, lenguaje y educación.
  6. 6
    Ser zalamero, demostrar sumisión y amabilidad excesivas con un superior jerárquico.
  7. 7
    Gastar todo lo que se tiene.
  8. 8
    Tener relaciones sexuales.
  9. 9
    Dejar a alguien sin dinero.
  10. 10
    Despedir personal de una empresa o negocio por ajuste presupuestal.^([cita requerida]).

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #66,754 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cepillar"?
"cepillar" is spelled C-E-P-I-L-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [sepiˈʝaɾ].
What does "cepillar" mean?
As a verb, "cepillar" means: Pasar un cepillo, de cerdas generalmente, sobre la ropa, muebles y otras superficies, para quitar el polvo, pelusillas y suciedades. Para ciertos trabajos específicos se usan cepillos de plástico, ...
How do you pronounce "cepillar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cepillar" is [sepiˈʝaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cepillar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.