escobilla

== Spanish == === Pronunciation === Syllabification: es‧co‧bi‧lla === Etymology 1 === From escoba (“broom”) + -illa (diminutive ending). ==== Noun ==== escobilla f (plural escobillas) brush Synonym: cepillo ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== →? Sicilian: → Maltese: xkupilja ==== Verb ==== escobilla inflection of escobillar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Etymology 2 === Perhaps borrowed from Occitan escobilha, from Early Medieval Latin scōpīlia. First attested in Antonio de Nebrija. Cf. Portuguese escovilha. ==== Noun ==== escobilla f (plural escobillas) filings Synonym: limadura === References === === Further reading === “escobilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025