Meanings
verbbrush one's teeth (third-person singular simple present brushes one's teeth, present participle brushing one's teeth, simple past and past participle brushed one's teeth)
present singular third person brushes one's teeth · participle present brushing one's teeth · participle past brushed one's teeth · past brushed one's teeth
- To clean one's teeth, especially by using a toothbrush and toothpaste. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Translations
Arabic نَظَّفَ الْأَسْنَان
- نَظَّفَ الْأَسْنَان (naẓẓafa al-ʔasnān)to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Chinese Cantonese 刷牙
- 刷牙 (caat³ ngaa⁴)to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Chinese Mandarin 刷牙
- 刷牙 (shuāyá)to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Czech čistit zuby
- čistit zubyto clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Dutch tandenpoetsen
- tandenpoetsento clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Finnish harjata hampaansa
- harjata hampaansato clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
French se brosser les dents
- se brosser les dentsto clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
German Zähne putzen
- Zähne putzento clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Hungarian fogat mos
- fogat mosto clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Icelandic bursta tennurnar
- bursta tennurnarto clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Irish do chuid fiacla a ní
- do chuid fiacla a níto clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Italian lavarsi i denti
- lavarsi i dentito clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Japanese 歯を磨く, 歯磨きする
- 歯を磨く (ha o migaku)to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
- 歯磨きする (hamigaki suru)to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Korean 이를 닦다, 양치하다
- 이를 닦다 (i-reul dakda)to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
- 양치하다 (yangchihada)to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
- 양치질하다 (yangchijilhada)to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
- 칫솔질하다 (chitsoljilhada)to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Persian مسواک زدن
- مسواک زدن (mesvâk zadan)to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Polish myć zęby, umyć zęby
- myć zębyto clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
- umyć zębyto clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Portuguese escovar os dentes, lavar os dentes
- escovar os dentesto clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
- lavar os dentesto clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Romanian se spăla pe dinți
- se spăla pe dințito clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Russian чи́стить зу́бы
- чи́стить зу́бы (čístitʹ zúby)to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Spanish cepillarse los dientes
- cepillarse los dientesto clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Swedish borsta tänderna
- borsta tändernato clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Tamil பல் விளக்கு, பல் தேய்
- பல் விளக்கு (pal viḷakku)to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
- பல் தேய் (pal tēy)to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
- பல் துலக்கு (pal tulakku)to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
Vietnamese đánh răng
- đánh răngto clean one's teeth with a toothbrush
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