Doing the laundry requires specific vocabulary to navigate the household appliances and cleaning products involved. Let's look at the essentials for wash day.
Washing and Drying Machines
To get started, you will need to load your dirty laundry into the washing machine (perilica). After washing, you might transfer the clothes to a dryer (sušilica).
Detergents and Softeners
Before starting the wash, you must add soap. You can use liquid detergent (deterdžent) or washing powder (prašak).
For extra softness and a pleasant scent, don't forget to include the fabric softener (omekšivač).
Choosing the Right Cycle
Depending on what you are washing, from delicate shirts to heavy bedding (posteljina), you will need to choose the appropriate washing program (program).
The spin cycle (centrifuga) is the final step in the machine that rapidly removes excess water from your clothes.
Hanging and Ironing
If you are not using a dryer, you will hang your wet laundry up and secure the clothes using clothespins (the singular form is štipaljka, while the plural is štipaljke).
Finally, to remove wrinkles from your clean clothes, you will need an iron (glačalo).
