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spălătorie
laundry (the place where clothes are washed) /spə.lə.toˈri.e/
noun#5671 most common
Also: laundromat, washhouse, car wash (spălătorie auto)
Example sentences
Mergem la spălătorie.
We're going to the laundry.
Spălătoria este deschisă până la ora nouă.
The laundry is open until nine o'clock.
Am dus hainele la spălătorie ca să fie curate pentru interviu.
I took the clothes to the laundry so they'd be clean for the interview.
Spălătoria auto de lângă bloc spală și covoare.
The car wash next to the building also washes carpets.
Proprietarul spălătoriei a mărit prețurile anul trecut.
The owner of the laundry raised the prices last year.
Fără spălătoriile automate din cartier, mulți studenți nu și-ar putea spăla lenjeria în fiecare săptămână.
Without the automatic laundries in the neighborhood, many students wouldn't be able to wash their bedding every week.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | spălătorie | spălătorii |
| Genitive | spălătoriei | spălătoriilor |
| Accusative | spălătorie | spălătorii |
| Vocative | spălătorie | spălătorii |
Word family
a spălato wash
spălătorwasher, one who washes
spălătoreasăwasherwoman
spălarethe act of washing
nespălatunwashed
Etymology
Spălătorie is a native Romanian formation, built from spălător (one who washes, or a washing device) plus the suffix -ie, which marks a place of business or trade, the same pattern seen in croitorie (tailor's shop) or cofetărie (pastry shop). The base verb a spăla (to wash) traces back to Vulgar Latin expallare, a form connected to pallor, paleness, reflecting how washing clothes was linked to bleaching them white. So the word's deep root is about making things pale or clean rather than about water itself.
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