plancha
See also: planchá
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
plancha (plural planchas)
- A type of flat-top grill used for cooking, composed of a thick plate of metal above the heating element to provide thermal mass and eliminate hot spots.
Anagrams edit
Asturian edit
Verb edit
plancha
- inflection of planchar:
French edit
Verb edit
plancha
- third-person singular past historic of plancher
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
plancha f (plural planchas)
- iron (metal tool used for transferring heat)
- ironing (the act of pressing clothes with an iron)
- Synonym: planchado
- ironing (laundry that has been ironed)
- Synonym: planchado
- slab (large, flat piece of solid material)
- grill (cooking device)
- Synonym: parrilla
- push-up; plank (exercise)
- embarrassing mistake
- bellyflop
- (soccer) foul (with the foot) (always used with the definite article la)
- (nautical) plank
- Después de insultar a los hombres de Barbanegra, se vio obligado a caminar por la plancha.
- After insulting Blackbeard's men, he was forced to walk the plank.
- (professional wrestling) a slingshot crossbody splash from inside the ring to a standing opponent outside.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
plancha
- inflection of planchar:
Further reading edit
- “plancha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014