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A tool with bristles used to comb hair, brush teeth, or clean clothes and footwear. It also refers to a wood plane, a carpentry tool with a blade used to shave down wood to make it smooth.
Give that wood a pass with the Cepillo so the chairs do not give us splinters.
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A vulgar Chilean term for the vulva, specifically when it has pubic hair. The word is used as a metaphor comparing the hair to the bristles of a brush (the literal meaning of cepillo).
That girl had her whole Cepillo poking out from the side of her swimsuit.
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A game played by children and adults where participants spot and count Volkswagen Beetles. It is the local equivalent of the game Punch Buggy or Slug Bug (in the Dominican Republic, the classic Beetle is called a Cepillo because its shape resembles a handheld scrub brush).
- Cepillo! - A blue cepillo! - That is not a cepillo.
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This refers to the facial hair growing between the nose and the upper lip. It is a common Argentine way to refer to a mustache, comparing its shape and texture to the bristles of a brush.
Hey, look at that massive Cepillo Tano (a common nickname for someone of Italian descent) grew out, he looks like a seventies actor now!
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A large hairbrush featuring wire or metal bristles, specifically used for thick or curly hair.
A small comb does not work for Manuela, I am going to have to buy her a wire Cepillo. That Cepillo you gave me leaves my hair super soft, where did you get it?
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A Volkswagen Beetle. This car model became popular starting in the 1960s (the name literally means brush, referring to the vehicle's rounded shape).
The henchmen of the Trujillo dictatorship carried out their crimes while driving cepillos (the secret police famously used these cars for kidnappings and surveillance).
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