plancha
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See also: planchá
Etymology
From Spanish plancha. Doublet of phalanx, phalange, planch, planche, and plank.
Noun
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
Verb
plancha
- inflection of planchar:
Verb
plancha
- third-person singular past historic of plancher
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
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
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
plancha
- inflection of planchar:
Further reading
- “plancha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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