spring cleaning

See also: springcleaning and spring-cleaning

English

Noun

spring cleaning (countable and uncountable, plural spring cleanings)

1. A systematic cleaning of a residence at the end of winter
   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, London: Methuen, page 1:

     The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of white-wash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms.

2. (by extension) A systematic cleaning, reorganization, or weeding out of a system
   • 2020, Mac Miller (lyrics and music), “Good News”, in Circles‎^[1]:

     I spent the whole day in my head / Do a little spring cleanin' / I'm always too busy dreamin'

Synonyms

• spring clean (noun)

Derived terms

• spring clean (verb)

Translations

systematic cleaning at the end of winter

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 春季大掃除 / 春季大扫除 (chūnjì dàsǎochú), 大掃除 / 大扫除 (zh) (dàsǎochú)

• Czech: jarní úklid m
• Dutch: voorjaarsschoonmaak (nl) m
• Finnish: kevätsiivous
• French: nettoyage de printemps (fr) m, ménage de printemps (fr) m
• German: Frühjahrsputz (de) m
• Greek: ανοιξιάτικο καθάρισμα n (anoixiátiko kathárisma)
• Hungarian: tavaszi nagytakarítás
• Italian: pulizie di primavera f pl
• Japanese: 大掃除 (ja) (おおそうじ, ōsōji), スプリングクリーニング (supuringu kurīningu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vårrengjøring m or f, vårreingjøring m or f

  Nynorsk: vårreingjering f

• Persian: خانه‌تکانی
• Polish: wiosenne porządki (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: limpeza de primavera f
• Romanian: curățenie de primăvară f
• Russian: весе́нняя убо́рка f (vesénnjaja ubórka)
• Spanish: limpieza de primavera f
• Swedish: vårstädning (sv) c
• Turkish: bahar temizliği

systematic cleaning of anything

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大掃除 / 大扫除 (zh) (dàsǎochú)

• Finnish: suursiivous (fi)
• German: Großreinemachen (de) n
• Greek: γενικό καθάρισμα n (genikó kathárisma)
• Japanese: 大掃除 (ja) (おおそうじ, ōsōji)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: генера́льная убо́рка f (generálʹnaja ubórka)
• Spanish: limpieza general f
• Swedish: storstädning (sv) c

Further reading

• spring cleaning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia