Also means
griddle, metal plate
Usage Note
Plancha covers a clothes iron (pasar la plancha = to iron clothes), a flat metal griddle for cooking (a la plancha = grilled on a flat iron), and colloquially an embarrassing blunder (hacer una plancha = to put one's foot in one's mouth).
Examples
"Necesito pasar la plancha a esta camisa."
Natural Translation
I need to iron this shirt.
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