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A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g. la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (electrical appliance)
a. iron Usa la plancha para quitarle las arrugas a tu blusa.Use the iron to take the creases out of your blouse.
2. (culinary)
a. griddle La plancha nueva no necesita aceite para hacer la carne.The new griddle doesn't need oil to cook meat on it.
3. (action of ironing)
a. ironing La plancha me quita un par de horas todos los sábados.I spend a couple of hours ironing every Saturday.
4. (metal piece)
a. sheet Vamos a poner una plancha de acero en el tejado antes de que llueva.We are going to put a steel sheet on the roof before it rains.
5. (printing piece)
a. plate El museo expone planchas de imprenta de madera de la Edad Media.The museum exhibits wooden print plates from the Middle Ages.
6. A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. mistake Vaya plancha cometiste en el examen.What a mistake you made on the test.
b. boob A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
Esa es la última vez que cometo una plancha así en un examen.That is the last time I make a boob like that on a test.
7. (hairdressing appliance)
a. hair straightener Solo usa la plancha si es una ocasión especial.I only use my hair straightener if it's a special occasion.
8. (excercise pose)
a. plank ¿Ya aprendieron a hacer la plancha en clase?Have you learned how to do a plank in class yet?
planchaA noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (para planchar)
a. ironpasar la plancha a algoto give something a quick iron
odio la planchaI hate ironing
esas camisas necesitan una planchathose shirts need ironing
plancha de vaporsteam iron
8. (al nadar)
a. hacer la planchato float on one's back
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plancha
1 (lámina) plate; sheet; (losa) slab; (Tipografía) plate; (Náutica) gangway; (Med) dental plate hacer la plancha [+bañista] to float
2 (utensilio) iron; (acción) ironing; [de traje] pressing; (ropa para planchar) ironingplancha a o de vapor steam iron
plancha eléctrica electric iron
3 (Culin) grill; (S. Cone) griddle pan a la plancha grilled; pescado a la plancha grilled fish
5 (error) bloomer (familiar) hacer o tirarse una plancha to drop a clanger (muy_familiar); put one's foot in it
pasar plancha (S. Cone) to be embarrassed
6 (Dep) dive entrada en plancha sliding tackle; lanzarse en plancha to dive (for the ball); cabecear en plancha to do a diving header
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