"The brush"

Translation: La spazzola

[dwarven_hydra]

Similarly to how I remember "fly" because it sounds like the Russian word for "Moscow", I can remember this because it sounds like spatula. I don't know how it works (perhaps it's the idea of Italian people brushing their hair with spatulæ), but it does.

[ragnar82]

Good eye: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spazzola

[meandmyshadow0]

It sounds similar

[EdithA.Tressl]

I am wondering because "la spazzola" has "sp" as well as "specchio" and that has to have "lo". Is it because the one is feminin and the other masculin and is it a fix rule?

[Overmindless1984]

Yes

[wbeeman]

pennello is also "brush" and should be accepted.

[arktoe]

what is the difference between la spazzola and la pettine?

[sharkbbb]

La spazzola e il pettine

[pisciotta10]

It only asks for "the brush" and does not specify. So I put "il pennello" as in paint brush and was marked wrong.

[Lanned]

What's the different between spazzola and spazzolino?

[CoolStuffYT]

It didn't accept "La spazzola sferica con setole di metallo" :(

[JuliaTransue]

It didn't accept "la spatula"

[bawallish]

Sometimes Italian is much like Spanish and sometimes not so much. I typed the "il" expecting something like "cepillo" and ended up having to delete it and type "la" instead.

[carol183222]

I wrote "pennello" which also means brush. The sentence did not specify what type of brush so I don't understand why it is not accepted.

[Stphane84876]

Why is "spazzola"'s accent on the first A instead of the O?

[Chris783722]

Should Spazzolino be accepted?

[JoshuaKnic]

Strictly speaking, no. That would mean "little brush." The suffix "-ino" is a diminutive that makes whatever it is attached to smaller. It would be understandable that you are talking about a brush, but, if there are multiple brushes that you could be talking about (for example, a hairbrush and a toothbrush), the listener might confuse which one you mean to discuss.

This link provides more info: https://www.thoughtco.com/alteration-in-italian-diminutives-2011565

[Chris783722]

You are right! I was thinking of "toothbrush" instead of hair brush. Thanks for the correction.

[nazigol]

it technically should be lo spazzola