Latvian

Mazgātava

Noun

mazgātava f (4th declension)

1. washing room; laundromat (a place, e.g. a room or a building, where one washes, e.g. clothes)

   veļas mazgātava‎ ― clothes washing room, laundromat

   jau sestdien viņš bija apmeklējis veļas mazgātavu un sagādājis sev tīru veļu‎ ― on Saturday he had looked for a laundromat and had gotten his clothes clean

   netīrie trauki tiek novietoti uz speciāla konveijera un paši nonāk mazgātavā‎ ― the dirty dishes are placed on a special conveyor belt and come into the washing room

Declension

Related terms

• mazgāt
• mazgātājs, mazgātāja

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “mazgātava”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7