🇪🇸 Spanish

cepillos

masculine

los cepillos

brushes

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cepillos
/los θeˈpiʎos/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cepillos in Spanish?

IPA
/los θeˈpiʎos/

How do you pronounce cepillos in Spanish?

cepillos is pronounced /los θeˈpiʎos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El cepillo nuevo que compré ayer es muy útil para limpiar.

The new brush that I bought yesterday is very useful for cleaning.

Este cepillo azul está roto y necesito comprar uno diferente.

This blue brush is broken and I need to buy a different one.

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Why is it masculine?

Cepillos is masculine because it derives from the Latin "*cappillus" (hair), which was a masculine noun, and Spanish preserved this grammatical gender through regular sound changes (cappillus > cepillo). The word originally referred to a brush made of hair, making the etymological connection to its masculine root particularly apt.

What is the Spanish word for brushes?

The Spanish word for brushes is los cepillos — masculine.

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