mop

fregona, trapeador

Utensilio de mango largo con tela o tiras gruesas para lavar el suelo.

En inglés sencillo: A tool with a long handle and cloth or thick threads for washing floors.

• Where is the mop?
• She cleaned the kitchen floor with a mop.
• These mops have long wooden handles.

Expresiones frecuentes: a wet mop, mop and bucket, mop handle

mata de pelo, melenaza

Gran cantidad de pelo espeso, a menudo despeinado.

En inglés sencillo: A thick mass of hair, often untidy.

• He has a mop of curls.
• Her thick mop of hair hid her face.
• He tried to brush his unruly mop.

Cómo se usa: mop of hair (A mop of dark hair covered his forehead.)

Expresiones frecuentes: mop of hair, a curly mop, a thick mop

fregado, trapeado

Acción de lavar o limpiar el suelo con una fregona o un trapeador.

En inglés sencillo: An act of washing or wiping a floor with a long-handled cleaning tool.

• The floor needs a mop.
• I gave the kitchen tiles a quick mop.
• A thorough mop removed the muddy marks.

Cómo se usa: give something a mop (Give the floor a mop before the guests arrive.)

Sinónimos: wash, wipe

Expresiones frecuentes: a quick mop, a thorough mop

fregar, trapear

Limpiar o secar algo con una fregona, un trapeador o un paño.

En inglés sencillo: Clean or wipe something with a long-handled cloth tool or with a cloth.

• Please mop the floor.
• He mopped up the milk.
• She mopped her brow with a cloth.

Cómo se usa: mop up something (She mopped up the spilled water.)

Sinónimos: wipe, clean

Expresiones frecuentes: mop the floor, mop up something, mop your brow