Household Chores

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Household Chores in Italian

Keeping a home clean requires specific verbs and vocabulary. At the B1 level, you should be comfortable describing not just daily tidying, but also deeper maintenance tasks like repairing things or washing specific items.

Key Cleaning Verbs

  • Pulire: To clean
  • Spolverare: To dust
  • Lavare i piatti: To wash the dishes
  • Passare l'aspirapolvere: To vacuum

Tidying and Organizing

Use ordinare for tidying up rooms, and fare il letto specifically for making the bed.

Common Mistakes

Avoid translating English idioms literally. For example, we say fare il bucato (to do the laundry), not 'lavare il bucato'. Also, remember that passare l'aspirapolvere requires the preposition l' before aspirapolvere.

Words

pulire
to clean
Devo pulire il bagno.I need to clean the bathroom.
riordinare
to tidy up
Ti aiuto a riordinare la camera.I'll help you tidy up the bedroom.
spolverare
to dust
Mi piace spolverare i mobili.I like to dust the furniture.
passare l'aspirapolvere
to vacuum
Ho passato l'aspirapolvere ieri.I vacuumed yesterday.
lavare i piatti
to wash the dishes
Tocca a te lavare i piatti.It's your turn to wash the dishes.
fare il bucato
to do the laundry
Faccio il bucato ogni sabato.I do the laundry every Saturday.
stirare
to iron
Non mi piace stirare le camicie.I don't like to iron shirts.
rifare il letto
to make the bed
Ricordati di rifare il letto.Remember to make the bed.
riparare
to repair
Dobbiamo riparare la finestra.We need to repair the window.
buttare la spazzatura
to take out the trash
Puoi buttare la spazzatura?Can you take out the trash?

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Patterns

Devo ___ la casa oggi.

Expressing a household chore you need to do today.

Devo pulire la casa oggi.I need to clean the house today.

È il momento di ___.

Stating that it is time to perform a specific task.

È il momento di lavare i piatti.It's time to wash the dishes.