lavavajillas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of lava (“to wash”) +‎ vajillas (“dishes”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌlababaˈxiʝas/ [ˌla.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʝas]

• IPA^(key): /ˌlababaˈxiʝas/ [ˌla.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʝas] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˌlababaˈxiʎas/ [ˌla.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʎas] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˌlababaˈxiʃas/ [ˌla.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʃas] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˌlababaˈxiʒas/ [ˌla.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʒas] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝas

• Rhymes: -iʝas (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎas (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃas (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒas (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: la‧va‧va‧ji‧llas

Noun

lavavajillas m (plural lavavajillas)

1. dish detergent
2. dishwasher

   Synonyms: lavaplatos, (Argentina) lavavajilla

3. plural of lavavajilla

Further reading

• “lavavajillas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025