escombrar

Meaning

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

Concepts

sweep

brush

broom

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whisk

wipe out

sweep clean

sweep away

Synonyms

agranar

esborrar

estendre’s

Translations

barrer

varrer

balayer

kehren

fegen

spazzare

vegen

vassourar

σκουπίζω

vasculhar

scopare

abkehren

escobar

bezemen

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Pronounced as (IPA)

[əs.kumˈbɾa]

Etymology

Cognate with Old French: encombrer

In summary

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *excomborāre, from a proposed Proto-Celtic *comboros. This could be from the same root underlying Medieval Latin combrus (“barricade of felled trees”), reconstructed as Gaulish *komberū, from Proto-Celtic *kombereti (“to bring together”) (from *kom- + *bereti (“to bear”)) and found in Medieval Latin incombrō, the source of Old French encombrer.