plancha
See also: planchá
English
Etymology
From Spanish plancha.
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
- Panchal
Asturian
Verb
plancha
- inflection of planchar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
French
Verb
plancha
- third-person singular past historic of plancher
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplant͡ʃa/ [ˈplãnʲ.t͡ʃa]
- Rhymes: -antʃa
- Syllabification: plan‧cha
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French planche.
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.
Derived terms
- a la plancha
- planchar
- planchear
- tirarse en plancha
Descendants
- → Bikol Central: plantsa
- → Cebuano: plantsa
- → English: plancha
- → Tagalog: plantsa
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
plancha
- inflection of planchar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “plancha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014