escombradora
Catalan
Etymology
From escombrador + -a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [əs.kum.bɾəˈðo.ɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.kom.bɾəˈðo.ɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.kom.bɾaˈðo.ɾa]
Noun
escombradora f (plural escombradores)
- female equivalent of escombrador (“street sweeper”)
- street sweeper (machine used for sweeping streets)
- leaf sweeper, lawn sweeper (machine used to collect lawn debris)
Further reading
- “escombradora”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007