English–Spanish

“bleach” in Spanish

Spanish

Alsoblanquear

Pronunciation

IPA/leˈxia/

Example

¿Tienes lejía para lavar la ropa?

Do you have bleach for washing clothes?

Illustration for lejía (bleach)

How to say “bleach” in Spanish

“Bleach” in Spanish is lejía.

Household bottle of chlorine bleach.

Full entry for lejía: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with lejía

No uses lejía en ropa de color.

Don't use bleach on colored clothes.

Tips for using lejía

  • In many Spanish-speaking areas the same product is called lavandina or cloro, and labels often list 'hipoclorito' or 'hipoclorito de sodio' rather than the word lejía.

Other Spanish words for “bleach”

Quiero blanquear esta camisa.

I want to bleach this shirt.

“bleach” in other languages