baño
Mexico
In Mexico a bath is a baño. The verb is bañarse, and the tub itself is a tina. The usual phrase is darse un baño.
Meaning: washing in a tub or shower (noun)
Ways to say it
| Mexican | Note |
|---|---|
| baño | Mexico |
| bañarse | to bathe |
| tina | bathtub |
A shower is regadera in Mexico, so many people say me voy a bañar and mean a shower.
Which one should you use?
Baño in Mexico also means the bathroom or toilet, so ¿dónde está el baño? is a request for a restroom, not a bath.
Did you know?
- In Mexico the shower is called a regadera, a word that in Spain would refer to a watering can.
Examples in context
- Voy a darme un baño.I am going to take a bath.
- El niño se baña en la tina.The boy bathes in the tub.
- ¿Dónde está el baño?Where is the bathroom?
Example conversation
Mamá asks her daughter Ale to get ready for bed.
- MamáAle, ya es hora del baño.Ale, it is bath time.
- AleDame cinco minutos.Give me five minutes.
- MamáÁndale, que se enfría el agua.Hurry, the water is getting cold.
