do the dishes

English

Verb

do the dishes (third-person singular simple present does the dishes, present participle doing the dishes, simple past did the dishes, past participle done the dishes)

1. (intransitive) To wash up dirty crockery, cutlery and dishes.

   I make my children do the dishes if they are impolite during dinner.

Translations

to wash up dishes

• Catalan: escurar (ca), rentar (ca) els plats
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洗餐具 (cmn) (xǐ cānjù)

• Dutch: de afwas doen (nl)
• Finnish: tiskata (fi)
• French: faire la vaisselle (fr)
• German: abwaschen (de)

• Hungarian: mosogat (hu)
• Japanese: 食器類を洗う (ja) (しょっきるいをあらう, shokkirui o arau)
• Jèrriais: laver les vaissieaux
• Portuguese: lavar a louça (pt)
• Russian: мыть посуду (mytʹ posúdu) impf., помыть посуду (pomýtʹ posúdu) pf.
• Swedish: diska (sv)