do the laundry

English

Verb

do the laundry (third-person singular simple present does the laundry, present participle doing the laundry, simple past did the laundry, past participle done the laundry)

1. To wash the laundry.

Usage notes

• The is just one of the determiners that can be used. I did some laundry.; it can be omitted: She does laundry for elderly neighbors..
• Possessives can be used: The maid did John's laundry.
• Laundry can be modified: He did the athletic laundry separately.

Synonyms

• do the washing

Related terms

• do the dishes

Translations

to wash the laundry

• Arabic: غَسَلَ مَلَابِس (ḡasala malābis)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洗衣 (zh) (xǐyī), 洗衣服 (xǐ yīfu, xǐ yīfú)

• Czech: prát prádlo impf
• Dutch: de was doen
• Finnish: pestä pyykkiä
• French: faire la lessive (fr), laver (fr)
• German: die Wäsche machen, waschen (de)
• Hebrew: עשה כביסה
• Japanese: 洗濯する (ja) (せんたくする, sentaku suru)
• Korean: 세탁하다 (setakhada)
• Lao: ຊັກເຄື່ອງ (sak khư̄ang)
• Polish: robić pranie
• Russian: стира́ть (ru) impf (stirátʹ), постира́ть (бельё) pf (postirátʹ (belʹjó))
• Slovak: vyprať pf
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: pałkaś impf

• Spanish: hacer la colada
• Swedish: tvätta (sv)
• Thai: ซักผ้า
• Vietnamese: giặt gỵa (vi), giặt gịa (vi), giặt quần áo, giặt giũ (vi)

References

• “do the one's laundry”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.