cepillo
Spanish, noun
cepillo is spelled C-E-P-I-L-L-O (7 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,026th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cepillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “brush” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of cepillar. With an accent, cepilló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of cepillar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Utensilio consistente en un mango y una base, sobre la cual se fijan cerdas u otros elementos flexibles aptos…”.
What does cepillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrush
- 2
masculineplane (tool for smoothing wood; for carpentry)
- 3
masculinepoor box
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of cepillar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of cepillar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Utensilio consistente en un mango y una base, sobre la cual se fijan cerdas u otros elementos flexibles aptos para el cepillado. Existen diversos tipos, diferenciados por los materiales y por el uso al que están destinados. 2. Máquina o herramienta capaz de desgastar piezas metálicas o de madera, a efectos de uniformizar el espesor y lograr la forma que se desea. 3. (Callistemon) Limpiatubos. 4. Llana (herramienta para acomodar el yeso).
adjective: 1. Adulador. 2. Saqueador.
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 cepillo
- cepillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cepillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cepillo in Spanish?
cepillo appears 3.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).