cepillar
Spanish, verb/θepiˈʝaɾ/
cepillar is spelled C-E-P-I-L-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 66,744th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cepillar is a Spanish verb meaning “to brush” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pasar un cepillo, de cerdas generalmente, sobre la ropa, muebles y otras superficies, para quitar el polvo…”.
What does cepillar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brush
- 2
colloquialto please, praise
- 3
vulgarto fuck
- 4
colloquialto despoil, plunder
- 5
to plane
- 6
to brush (oneself)
me cepillo el pelo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 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. Pasar un cepillo cortante de acero a la madera para emparejar o rebajar una superficie. 3. Usar un cepillo para trabajar un metal, para pulir. 4. Pasar un cepillo sobre el cabello para desenredarlo y peinarlo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cepillar
- cepillo first-person present singular
- cepillé first-person preterite singular
- cepillado participle past
- cepillando gerund
- cepillada feminine participle past
- cepillados masculine participle past
- cepilladas feminine participle past
- cepillas indicative informal present
- cepillás indicative informal present
- cepilla indicative present singular
- cepillamos first-person indicative plural
- cepilláis indicative plural present
- cepillan indicative plural present
- cepillaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cepillabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cepillábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cepillabais imperfect indicative plural
- cepillaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cepillar?
- /θepiˈʝaɾ/
- [θe.piˈʝaɾ]
- [sepiˈʝaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cepillar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cepillar in Spanish?
cepillar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).