tvättad

Tvättad is a Swedish adjective formed from the verb tvätta, meaning to wash. It describes something that has undergone washing or cleaning. In everyday language it is most commonly used about clothes and textiles, for example en tvättad skjorta (“a washed shirt”) or tvättade jeans (“washed jeans”). The term can also be used more broadly to indicate a cleaned or sanitized appearance of a surface, or, in figurative use, a “cleaned-up” image.

Grammatical notes are helpful for correct usage. Tvättad is the common gender singular form; for neuter singular it is tvättat, and for plural it is tvättade (e.g., en tvättad skjorta, ett tvättat plagg, tvättade kläder). As a past participle used as an adjective, it agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number.

Specialized meanings exist as well. In financial and legal contexts, the word may appear in phrases describing illicitly obtained funds as “tvättade pengar” (laundered money), though the standard noun for the process is penningtvätt (money laundering). The base verb tvätta and its participles are common in Swedish, with tvättad serving as the everyday adjective sense of “already washed.”

Translations and equivalents include “washed” in literal contexts and “laundered” in financial or metaphorical ones. Tvättad thus functions as a versatile descriptor in Swedish, applicable to textiles, surfaces, and metaphorical cleanliness, with standard inflection to match gender and number.