Meanings (ES + gloss)
blanqueador • cloro • lavandina • lejía • recuelo
A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aclarar • blanquear • curar • decolorar • descolorar • enlejiar • oxigenar
To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
Candifacio, to make whyte, to bleache, to make to glowe lyke a burnyng cole.
The destruction of the colouring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid.