Pun rufele în mașina de spălat și pun detergent.

Pun is the 1st person singular present form of a pune, which means to put, to place, or sometimes to add.

So in this sentence:

• pun rufele = I put the clothes / laundry
• pun detergent = I put / add detergent

Romanian often uses a pune in places where English might prefer different verbs like put, load, or add.

Because Romanian normally keeps the verb in both parts of the sentence if both actions are stated separately:

• Pun rufele în mașina de spălat și pun detergent.

This is very natural and clear in Romanian. English sometimes avoids repetition more readily, but Romanian often repeats the verb instead of leaving it understood.

You could sometimes omit repeated material in other contexts, but here repeating pun sounds normal.

Romanian often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb form usually makes the subject clear.

• pun = I put
• eu pun = I put

So Pun rufele... already means I put the clothes...

You would add eu mainly for emphasis or contrast:

• Eu pun rufele, tu pui detergentul.
  I put the clothes in, you put the detergent.

Because rufele is the definite form: the clothes / the laundry.

• rufe = clothes / laundry
• rufele = the clothes / the laundry

Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.

So:

• rufe = clothes
• rufele = the clothes

It is plural.

Even though English often uses laundry as an uncountable noun, Romanian commonly uses rufe as a plural noun for clothes/laundry.

So:

• rufe = clothes / laundry
• rufele = the clothes / the laundry

The singular rufă exists, but learners will much more often meet rufe in everyday use.

Literally, it is something like the machine for washing.

Breakdown:

• mașina = the machine
• de spălat = for washing

Together:

• mașină de spălat = a washing machine
• mașina de spălat = the washing machine

This is a very common Romanian pattern:

• noun + de
  • verb form expressing purpose

So mașină de spălat is a fixed everyday expression for washing machine.

În can cover both in and into, depending on the verb and context.

Here, because a pune involves movement, în is understood as into:

• Pun rufele în mașina de spălat.
  = I put the clothes into the washing machine.

But in another sentence it can mean simple location:

• Rufele sunt în mașina de spălat.
  = The clothes are in the washing machine.

So Romanian often uses the same preposition where English distinguishes in and into.

Because detergent here means an unspecified amount of detergent, like a mass noun.

• pun detergent = I add detergent
• pun detergentul = I add the detergent

So the version without the article is natural when you mean detergent in general, not a specific previously identified detergent.

You could also say:

• pun niște detergent = I put in some detergent

It is the present tense.

• Pun rufele... și pun detergent.

In Romanian, the present tense can mean:

1. a habitual action
   
   • I put the clothes in the washing machine and add detergent
2. something happening right now
   
   • I’m putting the clothes in the washing machine and adding detergent

The exact English translation depends on context.

Yes. This is a very natural, neutral Romanian word order.

• Pun rufele în mașina de spălat și pun detergent.

Romanian word order is more flexible than English, but this version is straightforward and standard.

The basic structure is:

• verb + object + place
• then și
  • verb + object

A different order is possible for emphasis, but this one is what a learner should treat as the default.

Yes, depending on what nuance you want.

For example:

• Bag rufele în mașina de spălat = I put/load the clothes into the washing machine
• Adaug detergent = I add detergent

But pun is simple, common, and completely natural. It works well in both parts of the sentence.

Și means and.

It is pronounced roughly like shee in English.

Important detail:

• ș = sh
• i = ee

So:

• și = shee

A rough English-style pronunciation would be:

poon ROO-feh-leh uhn muh-SHEE-nuh deh spuh-LAHT sh ee poon deh-ter-JENT

A slightly more careful breakdown:

• Pun = poon
• rufele = ROO-feh-leh
• în = a short nasal-ish sound, often approximated by learners as uhn
• mașina = muh-SHEE-nuh
• de = deh
• spălat = spuh-LAHT
• și = shee
• detergent = deh-ter-JENT

This is only an approximation, but it helps at the beginner stage.