English
Verb
do the dishes (third-person singular simple present does the dishes, present participle doing the dishes, simple past did the dishes, past participle done the dishes)
- (intransitive) To wash up dirty crockery (plates and dishes) and cutlery (knives, forks, and spoons).
- I make my children do the dishes if they are impolite during dinner.
Synonyms
Translations
to wash up dishes
- Arabic:
- Bulgarian: мия чинии (mija činii)
- Catalan: (please verify)escurar (ca), (please verify)rentar els plats
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 洗碗 (zh) (xǐwǎn), 洗餐具 (xǐ cānjù)
- Czech: mýt nádobí
- Dutch: de afwas doen, afwassen (nl)
- Finnish: tiskata (fi)
- French: faire la vaisselle (fr), faire la plonge (slang)
- German: abwaschen (de), spülen (de)
- Hungarian: mosogat (hu), elmosogat (hu)
- Italian: lavare i piatti, fare i piatti
- Japanese: 皿を洗う (さらをあらう, sara o arau), 食器類を洗う (しょっきるいをあらう, shokkirui o arau), 皿洗いをする (さらあらいをする, saraarai o suru)
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