cepillar

Aragonese

Etymology

From cepillo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θepiˈʎa(ɾ)/
• IPA^(key): /sepiˈʎa(ɾ)/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: ce‧pi‧llar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

cepillar

1. to polish, smoothen or perfect

   Synonym: raspallar

2. to brush

   Synonym: raspallar

   Cepillar es dients

   to brush one's teeth

Conjugation

Conjugation of cepillar (first conjugation)

infinitive			cepillar
gerund			cepillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cepillau, cepillato		cepillada, cepillata
		plural		cepillaus, cepillatos		cepilladas, cepillatas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	cepillo	cepillas	cepilla	cepillamos	cepillaz	cepillan
	imperfect	cepillaba, cepillabe	cepillabas	cepillaba	cepillabanos	cepillabaz	cepillaban
	preterite	cepillé	cepillés	cepilló	cepillemos	cepillez	cepilloron, cepillón
	future	cepillaré	cepillarás	cepillará	cepillaremos	cepillarez	cepillarán
	conditional	cepillaría	cepillarías	cepillaría	cepillaríanos	cepillaríaz	cepillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	cepille	cepilles	cepille	cepillemos	cepillez	cepillen
	imperfect	cepillase	cepillases	cepillase	cepillasenos	cepillasez	cepillasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
		—	cepilla	—	—	cepillaz	—

Further reading

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

Galician

Alternative forms

• acepillar
• cepilhar, acepilhar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From cepillo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θepiˈʎaɾ/

Verb

cepillar (first-person singular present cepillo, first-person singular preterite cepillei, past participle cepillado)

1. to polish, smoothen or perfect
2. to brush

   Cepillar os dentes

   brush one's teeth

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cepillar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cepillar
Personal	cepillar	cepillares	cepillar	cepillarmos	cepillardes	cepillaren
Gerund
	cepillando
Past participle
Masculine	cepillado			cepillados
Feminine	cepillada			cepilladas
Indicative
Present	cepillo	cepillas	cepilla	cepillamos	cepillades	cepillan
Imperfect	cepillaba	cepillabas	cepillaba	cepillabamos	cepillabades	cepillaban
Preterite	cepillei	cepillaches	cepillou	cepillamos	cepillastes	cepillaron
Pluperfect	cepillara	cepillaras	cepillara	cepillaramos	cepillarades	cepillaran
Future	cepillarei	cepillarás	cepillará	cepillaremos	cepillaredes	cepillarán
Conditional	cepillaría	cepillarías	cepillaría	cepillariamos	cepillariades	cepillarían
Subjunctive
Present	cepille	cepilles	cepille	cepillemos	cepilledes	cepillen
Imperfect	cepillase	cepillases	cepillase	cepillásemos	cepillásedes	cepillasen
Future	cepillar	cepillares	cepillar	cepillarmos	cepillardes	cepillaren
Imperative
Affirmative		cepilla	cepille	cepillemos	cepillade	cepillen
Negative (non)		non cepilles	non cepille	non cepillemos	non cepilledes	non cepillen

Further reading

• “cepillar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Spanish

Alternative forms

• acepillar (rare)

Etymology

From cepillo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θepiˈʝaɾ/ [θe.piˈʝaɾ] (Spain)

• IPA^(key): /θepiˈʝaɾ/ [θe.piˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /θepiˈʎaɾ/ [θe.piˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /sepiˈʝaɾ/ [se.piˈʝaɾ] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /sepiˈʝaɾ/ [se.piˈʝaɾ] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /sepiˈʎaɾ/ [se.piˈʎaɾ] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /sepiˈʃaɾ/ [se.piˈʃaɾ] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /sepiˈʃaɾ/ [se.piˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /sepiˈʒaɾ/ [se.piˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ce‧pi‧llar

Verb

cepillar (first-person singular present cepillo, first-person singular preterite cepillé, past participle cepillado)

1. (transitive) to brush
2. (transitive, colloquial) to please, praise
3. (transitive, vulgar) to fuck
4. (transitive, colloquial) to despoil, plunder

   Synonyms: pelar, desplumar

5. to plane

   Synonym: dolar

6. (reflexive) to brush (oneself)

   me cepillo el pelo ― I’m brushing my hair.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cepillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cepillar
gerund			cepillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cepillado		cepillada
		plural		cepillados		cepilladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cepillo	cepillastú cepillásvos	cepilla	cepillamos	cepilláis	cepillan
	imperfect	cepillaba	cepillabas	cepillaba	cepillábamos	cepillabais	cepillaban
	preterite	cepillé	cepillaste	cepilló	cepillamos	cepillasteis	cepillaron
	future	cepillaré	cepillarás	cepillará	cepillaremos	cepillaréis	cepillarán
	conditional	cepillaría	cepillarías	cepillaría	cepillaríamos	cepillaríais	cepillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cepille	cepillestú cepillésvos2	cepille	cepillemos	cepilléis	cepillen
	imperfect (ra)	cepillara	cepillaras	cepillara	cepilláramos	cepillarais	cepillaran
	imperfect (se)	cepillase	cepillases	cepillase	cepillásemos	cepillaseis	cepillasen
	future1	cepillare	cepillares	cepillare	cepilláremos	cepillareis	cepillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cepillatú cepillávos	cepille	cepillemos	cepillad	cepillen
	negative		no cepilles	no cepille	no cepillemos	no cepilléis	no cepillen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cepillar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive cepillar	dative	cepillarme	cepillarte	cepillarle, cepillarse	cepillarnos	cepillaros	cepillarles, cepillarse
	accusative	cepillarme	cepillarte	cepillarlo, cepillarla, cepillarse	cepillarnos	cepillaros	cepillarlos, cepillarlas, cepillarse
with gerund cepillando	dative	cepillándome	cepillándote	cepillándole, cepillándose	cepillándonos	cepillándoos	cepillándoles, cepillándose
	accusative	cepillándome	cepillándote	cepillándolo, cepillándola, cepillándose	cepillándonos	cepillándoos	cepillándolos, cepillándolas, cepillándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative cepilla	dative	cepíllame	cepíllate	cepíllale	cepíllanos	not used	cepíllales
	accusative	cepíllame	cepíllate	cepíllalo, cepíllala	cepíllanos	not used	cepíllalos, cepíllalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative cepillá	dative	cepillame	cepillate	cepillale	cepillanos	not used	cepillales
	accusative	cepillame	cepillate	cepillalo, cepillala	cepillanos	not used	cepillalos, cepillalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cepille	dative	cepílleme	not used	cepíllele, cepíllese	cepíllenos	not used	cepílleles
	accusative	cepílleme	not used	cepíllelo, cepíllela, cepíllese	cepíllenos	not used	cepíllelos, cepíllelas
with first-person plural imperative cepillemos	dative	not used	cepillémoste	cepillémosle	cepillémonos	cepillémoos	cepillémosles
	accusative	not used	cepillémoste	cepillémoslo, cepillémosla	cepillémonos	cepillémoos	cepillémoslos, cepillémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cepillad	dative	cepilladme	not used	cepilladle	cepilladnos	cepillaos	cepilladles
	accusative	cepilladme	not used	cepilladlo, cepilladla	cepilladnos	cepillaos	cepilladlos, cepilladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cepillen	dative	cepíllenme	not used	cepíllenle	cepíllennos	not used	cepíllenles, cepíllense
	accusative	cepíllenme	not used	cepíllenlo, cepíllenla	cepíllennos	not used	cepíllenlos, cepíllenlas, cepíllense

Related terms

• cepillarse
• cepillo

Further reading

• “cepillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024