soap

jabón

Sustancia sólida o líquida que se usa con agua para lavar el cuerpo u otras cosas.

En inglés sencillo: A solid or liquid substance used with water to wash your body or other things.

• Wash your hands with soap.
• She bought a bar of soap.
• This liquid soap smells like lemons.

Expresiones frecuentes: bar of soap, liquid soap, soap and water

jabón

Sustancia que se usa con agua para limpiar las manos, la ropa u otras cosas.

En inglés sencillo: A substance you use with water to clean your hands, clothes, or other things.

• Wash your hands with soap.
• We need more liquid soap for the kitchen.
• Did you rinse all the soap away?

Expresiones frecuentes: liquid soap, dish soap, soap and water

enjabonar

Poner jabón sobre algo, normalmente para lavarlo.

En inglés sencillo: To put a cleaning substance on something, usually to wash it.

• Soap your hands before rinsing them.
• She soaped his back with a soft sponge.
• Have you soaped the cloth yet?

Cómo se usa: soap something up (He soaped his hands up and washed them.)

Sinónimos: lather

Expresiones frecuentes: soap your hands, soap something up, soap a window