escombra

== 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] ==== Noun ==== escombra f (plural escombres) 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, 2026 “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 inflection of escombrar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === escombra inflection of escombrar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative