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Cleaning in French / Nettoyage

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1. Le nettoyage / the cleaning
2. Nettoyer /
to clean
3. Faire le ménage /
to do the cleaning
4. Le balai /
the broom
5. Balayer /
to brush
6. La balayette /
the brush
7. La pelle à poussière /
the dustpan
8. La poubelle /
the bin
9. La saleté /
the dirtinessl
10. La poussière /
the dust
11. Faire la poussière /
to do the dusting
12. L'éponge (f) /
the sponge
13. éponger /
to sponge up
14. Passer l'éponge /
to wipe with a sponge
15. Le seau /
the bucket
16. Le liquide vaisselle /
the washing-up liquid (dish soap)
17. Faire la vaisselle /
to wash up
18. Le plumeau / the feather duster
19. La raclette à vitre / the squeegee
20. Le liquide vitre / the liquid window cleaner
21. Le liquide WC /
the liquid toilet cleaner
22. L'eau de Javel / the bleach
23. Le torchon / the towel
24. L'aspirateur / the hoover
25. Passer l'aspirateur / to hoover


Nettoyer: je nettoie, tu nettoies, il nettoie, nous nettoyons, vous nettoyez, ils nettoient
Balayer: je balaie, tu balaies, il balaie, nous balayons, vous balayez, ils balaient.
Eponger, you use this word when you have a lot of water on a table for example, you say "passer l'éponge" if you want to clean a table with a sponge.
Poubelle is the name of the inventor. Javel is an area in Paris.

More lessons:

1- Cleaning with pictures
2- Conversation about Cleaning