How to translate “Spin” on a washing machine

English is the language of international communication, which many people learned at school. When purchasing household appliances with symbols in this language, it would seem that there should be no problems with translation. What could be easier than taking a dictionary and finding the translation, for example, of the word Spin, which is often present on the control panel of a washing machine. The difficulty is that technical terms are usually not included in colloquial dictionaries. Therefore, you can create your own dictionary of notations. Let's find out which terms are most often found and what their translation from English sounds like.

What kind of mode is signed with the word “Spin”?

In Russian, the word Spin means “spin”. The term is usually placed near the button to start the spin cycle or adjust its speed. In some cases, additional symbols may appear before the word Spin. What does it mean:

• no – no spin mode;
• rinse – rinse and spin;
• gentle – a delicate procedure.

Important! Sometimes you can see the phrase Spin exclusion on equipment. It is located on the front panel, near the control button. By pressing it, you can turn off the spin cycle.

Other English terms

Terms in English indicate programs and additional operating options. If a model is equipped with a large number of modes, and sometimes there are several dozen of them, it can be difficult to understand the nuances of controlling the equipment. Housewives should have a small dictionary with terms and commands on hand. Here is a list of English phrases that may be found on imported washing machines:

1. Wash is a word familiar to many, meaning washing.Sometimes it is supplemented with other terms: intensive, delicate or gentle, hand, quick or rapid.
2. Super eco wash – found on models with a super eco wash option.
3. Soak - soaking.
4. Prewash – pre-wash mode.
5. Rinse - translated from English as rinsing, in combination with the word short means “quick rinse”, with extra - “extra rinse”.
6. Water plus – literally means “water plus”, starts a mode of increased water consumption.
7. Wash shoes – designation of a program for shoes.
8. Easy care – mode for cleaning lightly soiled laundry.
9. Outdoor care – can be translated into Russian as “refreshing”.
10. Start delay – delayed start.
11. Hold stop – delay the completion of the washing program.
12. Hold rinse – delayed start of rinsing.
13. Drying – drying option.
14. Easy ironing – easy smoothing.
15. Drain – start draining water.
16. Eco drum clean – indicates an additional option for environmentally friendly drum cleaning.

The given terms are enough so that the owner of equipment with English-speaking commands can correctly set washing modes. This is important for effective cleaning of laundry. In addition, the service life of the washing machine depends on proper management.

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