Vocabulaire - Les tâches ménagères

Useful list of French vocabulary around cleaning chores

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    Une tâche ménagère A chore
    Faire le ménage To do housework
    Le nettoyage de printemps Spring cleaning
    Faire la vaisselle To do the dishes
    Le lave-vaisselle The dishwasher
    Faire les poussières To dust
    Passer l'aspirateur To hoover / to vacuum
    Balayer To sweep
    Dépoussiérer To dust
    Faire le lit To make the bed
    Faire une machine To do a wash of clothes
    Faire la lessive To do the laundry
    Le sèche-linge The tumble-dryer
    Repasser To iron
    Laver To wash
    Laver les vitres To wash the windows
    Une éponge A sponge
    Passer la serpillière To mop
    Frotter To scrub
    L'eau de javel Bleach
    Désinfecter To disinfect
    Aérer To air / to ventilate
    Détartrer To descale
    Ranger To tidy
    Récurer To scour

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