What does faxina in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word faxina in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use faxina in Portuguese.

The word faxina in Portuguese means cleaning, fazer a faxina, fazer faxina, fazer faxina, limpar, faxina completa. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word faxina

cleaning

substantivo feminino (limpeza de um local)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

fazer a faxina

intransitive verb (remove dirt, sanitize)

(expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.)
Sua cozinha está impecável, portanto sei que você deve gostar de fazer a faxina.
Your kitchen is immaculate, so I know you must like to clean.

fazer faxina

(do housework)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
Now that spring has come, it's time to clean house.

fazer faxina

(figurative (office: change personnel) (figurado)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
When staffing his office, the first thing a new president does is clean house.

limpar

phrasal verb, transitive, separable (place: clean)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
Jack cleaned out the stables and fed the horses.

faxina completa

noun (thorough clearing-up)

Before leaving the campground, we did a clean sweep of the site.

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