plancha

From Spanish plancha.

plancha (plural planchas)

1. A type of flat-top grill used for cooking, composed of a thick plate of metal above the heating element to provide thermal mass and eliminate hot spots.

• Panchal

plancha

1. inflection of planchar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

plancha

1. third-person singular past historic of plancher

• IPA^(key): /ˈplant͡ʃa/ [ˈplãnʲ.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -antʃa
• Syllabification: plan‧cha

Borrowed from French planche.

plancha f (plural planchas)

1. iron (metal tool used for transferring heat)
2. ironing (the act of pressing clothes with an iron)

   Synonym: planchado

3. ironing (laundry that has been ironed)

   Synonym: planchado

4. slab (large, flat piece of solid material)
5. grill (cooking device)

   Synonym: parrilla

6. push-up; plank (exercise)
7. embarrassing mistake
8. bellyflop
9. (soccer) foul (with the foot) (always used with the definite article la)
10. (nautical) plank

    Después de insultar a los hombres de Barbanegra, se vio obligado a caminar por la plancha.

    After insulting Blackbeard's men, he was forced to walk the plank.

11. (professional wrestling) a slingshot crossbody splash from inside the ring to a standing opponent outside.

• → Bikol Central: plantsa
• → Cebuano: plantsa
• → English: plancha
• → Tagalog: plantsa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

plancha

1. inflection of planchar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “plancha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014