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🧺 Chapter 5 · A2 — Exercise 6: Household Chores
Time to clean the house.
From vacuuming to taking out the trash — household vocabulary is something you'll use every single week, whether you're renting in Madrid or Buenos Aires.
Phase 1 of 3 — Vocabulary
Words you need to know
Study these 10 expressions. You'll use them when talking about chores.
la aspiradora
→
the vacuum cleaner / hoover
limpiar
→
to clean
la fregona
→
the mop (trapeadora in Latin America)
el cubo
→
the bucket (el balde in Latin America)
la lavadora
→
the washing machine
tender la ropa
→
to hang out the washing
el detergente
→
the detergent / cleaning product
ordenar
→
to tidy up
fregar
→
to scrub / mop (the floor)
la basura
→
the trash / rubbish / garbage