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 (plates and dishes) and cutlery (knives, forks, and spoons)

   Synonym: do the washing-up

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

Translations

to wash up dishes

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: мия чинии (mija činii)
• Catalan: escurar (ca), rentar els plats
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洗碗 (zh) (xǐwǎn), 洗餐具 (xǐ cānjù)

• Czech: mýt nádobí
• Danish: vaske op
• Dutch: de afwas doen, afwassen (nl)
• Finnish: tiskata (fi), pestä astiat
• French: faire la vaisselle (fr), faire la plonge (fr) (slang)
• German: abwaschen (de), spülen (de)
• Hungarian: mosogat (hu), elmosogat (hu)
• Icelandic: vaska upp
• Irish: na soithí a ní
• Italian: lavare i piatti, fare i piatti
• Japanese: 皿を洗う (さらをあらう, sara o arau), 食器類を洗う (しょっきるいをあらう, shokkirui o arau), 皿洗いをする (ja) (さらあらいをする, saraarai o suru)
• Korean: 설거지하다 (ko) (seolgeojihada)
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} мие (mie), ^{(please verify)} измива (izmiva)
• Norman: laver les vaissieaux
• Norwegian: vaske opp (no)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: zmywać (pl) impf
• Portuguese: lavar a louça
• Russian: мыть посу́ду impf (mytʹ posúdu), помы́ть посу́ду pf (pomýtʹ posúdu)
• Spanish: fregar, lavar los platos, lavar la loza
• Swedish: diska (sv)
• Tagalog: hugasan ang mga pinggan
• Thai: ล้างจาน
• Welsh: gwneud y llestri