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shpë|la'k|ës nm wooden bat for beating clothes during washing: wash paddle shpë|la'·n vt 1 to wash away [ ]; wash [ ] clean; rinse, rinse off/out/away [ ] 2 [Iron] to consume the entire contents of a food/drink container: eat [ ] clean, drink [ ] dry 3 [Fig] to pay off one's obligation in respect to [ ], discharge [a debt/duty] 4 (of moving bowels) to purge, clean out [ ] • i shpëla·n duart nga {} to have nothing more to do with {a person}: wash one's hands of {} • <> shpëla·n hambarët/kazanët "clean out <>'s granary/cauldron" to eat <> out of house and home • <>a shpëla·n kokën "rinse out <>'s head" to rid <> of the crazy ideas <> in <>'s head • [ ] shpëlaftë mortja/kolera! [Curse] "May death/plague wash [ ] away!" I hope [ ] dies! * shpë|la'q|ët adj (i) = shpëla'rë