la
feminine
/koˈlaða/
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Translation
laundry, washing
Word origin
From colar ('to strain, to filter'), from Latin colare ('to strain'), originally referring to washing cloth by straining hot lye through it.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- colare
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralcoladas
Examples
tender llueva.
I have to hang out the washing before it rains.
.
The laundry dried quickly in the afternoon sun.
¿ ?
Have you already brought in the washing from the balcony?
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On Mondays I always do the whole week's laundry.
doblada .
She left the washing folded on top of the bed.
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