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cepillo
brush
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A bristled brush used for scrubbing
Encoding Strategies:
mnemonic
visual
sweep
to clean by brushing
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-illo
diminutive suffix
Cepillo means brush and sounds like the English word sweep0, since a brush is a little thing you sweep with.
cepillo
brush
A handle with bristles set into it, for hair, teeth, shoes or scrubbing.
Me peino con un cepillo antes de salirI do my hair with a brush before going out
Fregué la olla con un cepilloI scrubbed the pot with a brush
plane (carpentry)
A carpenter's tool with a blade in it that shaves wood smooth. You push it across the board the same way you sweep a brush across a surface.
El carpintero alisó la tabla con un cepilloThe carpenter smoothed the board with a plane
Guarda el cepillo con las demás herramientasPut the plane away with the other tools
cepillo de dientes
toothbrush
A brush for your teeth.
Se le olvidó el cepillo de dientes en el hotelHe left his toothbrush at the hotel
Compré un cepillo de dientes de cerdas suavesI bought a soft-bristled toothbrush