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plancha

iron (for clothes)

noun PLAHN-chah Rare

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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