escombra

See also: escombrá

Catalan

Etymology 1

Deverbal from escombrar, from Vulgar Latin *excomborāre, from Proto-Celtic *comboros, derived from *kom- (“with”) + *bereti (“to bear”), or from Latin scōpa, crossed with the Celtic word or influenced by escombrar (compare Occitan escoba (“broom”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkom.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkom.bɾa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

escombra f (plural escombres)

1. broom

Derived terms

• escombreta

Further reading

• “escombra”, 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
• “escombra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “escombra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “escombra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

escombra

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

Spanish

Verb

escombra

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