escobilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /eskoˈbiʝa/ [es.koˈβ̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /eskoˈbiʎa/ [es.koˈβ̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /eskoˈbiʃa/ [es.koˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /eskoˈbiʒa/ [es.koˈβ̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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  • Syllabification: es‧co‧bi‧lla

Etymology 1

From escoba (“broom”) +‎ -illa (diminutive ending).

Noun

escobilla f (plural escobillas)

  1. brush
    Synonym: cepillo
Derived terms
Descendants
  • →? Sicilian:

Verb

escobilla

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

Etymology 2

Perhaps borrowed from Occitan escobilha,[1] from Early Medieval Latin scōpīlia. First attested in Antonio de Nebrija.[2] Cf. Portuguese escovilha.

Noun

escobilla f (plural escobillas)

  1. filings
    Synonym: limadura

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “scōpīliae”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 11: S–Si, page 325
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “escoba”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 698

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