escombra

Noun

broom

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of escombrar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of escombrar:

escombrar

1. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, ambitransitive) to sweep, sweep away, sweep out
2. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, figuratively, transitive) to sweep

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Pronounced as (IPA)

[əsˈkom.bɾə]

Etymology

Cognate with Occitan: escoba

In summary

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”)).

Concepts

broom

🧹

besom

sweeping brush

brush

Synonyms

granera

agraner

Translations

escoba

🧹

scopa

🧹

balai

🧹

vassoura

🧹

σκούπα

Besen

🧹

miotła

bezem

🧹

süpürge

🧹

scopae

granata

veger

مِكْنسَة

scopa

escoba