I had to do all the housework, but I wish I had gone to the movies or shopping.
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Housework
//ˈhaʊsˌwɝk//
Synonyms for "housework" (3 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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7 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- أَعْمَال الْمَنْزِل noun (domestic household chores)
- أَعْمَال مَنْزِل noun (domestic household chores)
Belarusian
1 entries- пра́ца па ха́це noun (domestic household chores)
Bulgarian
1 entries- домаки́нска ра́бота noun (domestic household chores)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 家務 /家务 noun (domestic household chores)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 家事 noun (domestic household chores)
- 家務 /家务 noun (domestic household chores)
- 家務勞動 /家务劳动 noun (domestic household chores)
Czech
1 entries- domácí práce noun (domestic household chores)
Danish
1 entries- husholdningsarbejde noun (domestic household chores)
Dutch
2 entries- huishoudelijk werk noun (domestic household chores)
- huishouden noun (domestic household chores)
Estonian
1 entries- kodutöö noun (domestic household chores)
Finnish
2 entries- kotityöt noun (domestic household chores)
- taloustyöt noun (domestic household chores)
French
1 entries- ménage noun (domestic household chores)
German
1 entries- Hausarbeit noun (domestic household chores)
Greek
1 entries- οικιακά noun (domestic household chores)
Ido
1 entries- menajo noun (domestic household chores)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- کارِ خانَگی noun (domestic household chores)
- کارِ خانِه noun (domestic household chores)
- کارْهایِ خانِه noun (domestic household chores)
Italian
1 entries- faccende noun (domestic household chores)
Japanese
1 entries- 家事 noun (domestic household chores)
Korean
2 entries- 가사 noun (domestic household chores)
- 집안일 noun (domestic household chores)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- үй иши noun (domestic household chores)
Latvian
1 entries- mājasdarbs noun (domestic household chores)
Lithuanian
1 entries- buities darbai noun (domestic household chores)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- husarbeid noun (domestic household chores)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- husarbeid noun (domestic household chores)
Polish
2 entries- prace domowe noun (domestic household chores)
- sprzątanie noun (domestic household chores)
Portuguese
2 entries- serviço doméstico noun (domestic household chores)
- tarefas domésticas noun (domestic household chores)
Russian
3 entries- дома́шняя рабо́та noun (domestic household chores)
- рабо́та по до́му noun (domestic household chores)
- убо́рка noun (domestic household chores)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- obair-taighe noun (domestic household chores)
Slovak
1 entries- domáca práca noun (domestic household chores)
Spanish
3 entries- faenas noun (domestic household chores)
- quehaceres noun (domestic household chores)
- tareas domésticas noun (domestic household chores)
Swedish
1 entries- hushållsarbete noun (domestic household chores)
Tagalog
1 entries- gawaing-bahay noun (domestic household chores)
Thai
1 entries- งานบ้าน noun (domestic household chores)
Ukrainian
2 entries- прибира́ння noun (domestic household chores)
- робо́та по до́му noun (domestic household chores)
Vietnamese
1 entries- việc nhà noun (domestic household chores)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
It's easier for me to have a job than to do housework.
Source: tatoeba (24101)
Having finished all her housework, she sat down on the sofa to watch television.
Source: tatoeba (24102)
I had to help with the housework.
Source: tatoeba (24174)
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