I can't cut my nails and do the ironing at the same time!
Source: tatoeba (1831)
Ironing
Synonyms for "ironing" (285 found)
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42 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- гладене noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
- дрехи за гладене noun (laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed)
- изгладени дрехи noun (laundry that has recently been ironed)
Catalan
1 entries- planxada noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 熨燙 /熨烫 noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
Dutch
3 entries- strijken noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
- strijkgoed noun (laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed)
- strijkgoed noun (laundry that has recently been ironed)
Finnish
2 entries- silittäminen noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
- silitys noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
French
3 entries- repassage noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
- vêtements repassés noun (laundry that has recently been ironed)
- vêtements à repasser noun (laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed)
German
3 entries- Bügeln noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
- Bügelwäsche noun (laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed)
- Bügelwäsche noun (laundry that has recently been ironed)
Greek
1 entries- σιδέρωμα noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
Hungarian
1 entries- vasalás noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
Italian
3 entries- lo stirare noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
- vestiti da stirare noun (laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed)
- vestiti stirati noun (laundry that has recently been ironed)
Japanese
1 entries- アイロン掛け noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
Korean
2 entries- 다리미질 noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
- 다림질 noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
Macedonian
1 entries- пеглање noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
Norman
1 entries- féthage noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
Polish
1 entries- prasowanie noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
Portuguese
1 entries- passagem a ferro noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
Russian
4 entries- бельё для гла́жки noun (laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed)
- вы́глаженное бельё noun (laundry that has recently been ironed)
- гла́женье noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
- гла́жка noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
Slovak
3 entries- žehlenie noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
- žehlenie noun (laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed)
- žehlenie noun (laundry that has recently been ironed)
Spanish
1 entries- acción de planchar noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
Swedish
3 entries- strykning noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
- strykt tvätt noun (laundry that has recently been ironed)
- stryktvätt noun (laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed)
Telugu
1 entries- ఇస్తిరి noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прасування noun (act of pressing clothes with an iron)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
I'm hopeless at ironing so I buy permanent press clothes.
Source: tatoeba (71920)
She finished ironing the clothes a few minutes ago.
Source: tatoeba (315289)
She was ironing her dress.
Source: tatoeba (316863)
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