It Might Be True, But it Wasn't Really Appropriate

I think today’s 30-in-30 should be to revise the difference between these two verbs:

lavare

To wash. lavo - I wash

lavorare

To work. lavoro - I work

That will help me avoid conversations such as the one with the barista at the caffetteria opposite our apartment when Rebecca and I dropped in for a quick espresso…

barista: Are you not at work today? Rebecca: I’m working later on, at the restaurant round the corner barista: And you? Not knowing how to say “I work for myself”, I wanted to point out that the “office” was just across the road… Me: I wash in the apartment