lavaplatos
/laβaˈplatos/
el (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- plural
- los lavaplatos
Meaning
Made of
- lava washes (from lavar)
- platos dishes
Similar words
lavaplatos and lavavajillas are close synonyms for "dishwasher," a regional variant — lavaplatos more Latin America, lavavajillas more Spain.
Similar in other languages
French
lave-vaisselle is the French word for the same thing — both mean "dishwasher."
Portuguese
lava-louça is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "dishwasher."
Practice
1 What does lavaplatos mean?
dishwasher
2 Fill the gap: El ___ hace mucho ruido.
Full sentence: El lavaplatos hace mucho ruido. (The dishwasher is very noisy.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches lavaplatos?
lavaplatos: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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