Polyglot Dictionary

lava-louça

/lavɐˈlowsɐ/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as lava-louças

Meaning

  1. dishwasher

    Built from lava (washes (from lavar)) + louça (crockery).

    • A lava-louça está cheia.

      The dishwasher is full.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • lava washes (from lavar)
  • louça crockery

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Geschirrspüler

Geschirrspüler is the German word for the same thing — both mean "dishwasher."

German

Spülmaschine

Spülmaschine is the German word for the same thing — both mean "dishwasher."

Spanish

lavaplatos

lavaplatos is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "dishwasher."

Spanish

lavavajillas

lavavajillas is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "dishwasher."

Practice

1 What does lava-louça mean?

2 Fill the gap: A lava-___ está cheia.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches lava-louça?

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