Dacă spălăm vasele împreună, le vom usca mai repede.

Dacă means if.

It introduces a condition:

• Dacă spălăm vasele împreună = If we wash the dishes together

Romanian uses dacă very commonly for real, possible conditions, just like English if.

Yes. Spălăm means we wash.

It comes from the verb a spăla = to wash.

Here it is in the present tense, 1st person plural:

• eu spăl = I wash
• tu speli = you wash
• noi spălăm = we wash

So spălăm already contains the idea of we, which is why Romanian often leaves out the subject pronoun noi.

Because Romanian is a language that often drops subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb ending.

So:

• spălăm already tells you we wash
• vom usca already tells you we will dry

You could say noi spălăm or noi vom usca, but it is usually only added for emphasis or contrast.

Because vasele means the dishes, while vase means just dishes.

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

So:

• vas = dish / vessel
• vase = dishes
• vasele = the dishes

That -le is the definite article here.

Împreună means together.

It is an adverb, because it describes how the action is done:

• spălăm vasele împreună = we wash the dishes together

It does not change form for gender, number, or person.

Le means them.

It refers back to vasele = the dishes.

So:

• le vom usca = we will dry them

Romanian often uses these short object pronouns instead of repeating the noun. That makes the sentence sound more natural.

Because Romanian object pronouns like le usually come before the verb.

In this future construction, the pronoun goes before the auxiliary:

• le vom usca = we will dry them

Not:

• vom usca le

This word order is normal in Romanian.

Vom usca is a future tense form meaning we will dry.

It is made of:

• vom = future auxiliary for we
• usca = infinitive/base form of to dry

The verb is a usca = to dry.

So:

• vom usca = we will dry

This is a standard future form in Romanian.

Because Romanian, like English, often uses the present tense after if when talking about a real future possibility.

So:

• Dacă spălăm vasele împreună = If we wash the dishes together
• le vom usca mai repede = we will dry them faster

This pattern is very natural:

• Dacă vine, plecăm. = If he comes, we leave.
• Dacă avem timp, vom merge. = If we have time, we will go.

So the structure here is completely normal.

Mai repede means faster or more quickly.

• repede = fast / quickly
• mai repede = faster / more quickly

Here it works as a comparative adverb, describing how the drying will happen.

So:

• le vom usca mai repede = we will dry them faster

Yes. Romanian has more than one common way to talk about the future.

Besides le vom usca, you may also hear:

• o să le uscăm

This also means we will dry them.

Very roughly:

• vom usca can sound a bit more standard or formal
• o să uscăm is very common in everyday speech

Both are correct, but the sentence you were given uses the standard future form.

Yes, to some extent.

Romanian word order is fairly flexible, although some versions sound more natural than others.

For example, you could also say:

• Le vom usca mai repede dacă spălăm vasele împreună.

This means the same thing.

What usually stays the same is:

• dacă introduces the condition
• le stays before the verb
• mai repede stays connected to the idea of drying faster

The comma separates the if-clause from the main clause.

So:

• Dacă spălăm vasele împreună, = subordinate conditional clause
• le vom usca mai repede. = main clause

This is the normal punctuation when the conditional clause comes first.

Yes, a few:

• ă in dacă and spălăm is a short central vowel, similar to the a in English about
• î in împreună is a distinct Romanian vowel with no exact English equivalent
• spălăm is pronounced roughly spuh-LUM
• vasele is roughly VA-se-le
• repede is roughly RE-pe-de

Also, Romanian spelling is quite regular, so once you learn the special vowels like ă, â, and î, pronunciation becomes much easier.