Noun for a toilet

Question

I need the actual noun to use when referring to a toilet bowl. Everything I look up refers to the bathroom as a room. Thank you.

Answer 1

It's the "inodoro". I happened to know since we use the same word in Filipino.

Answer 2

En España: la taza del váter

Ja ja, esa palabra me recuerda a Los Toreros Muertos... hace rato no pensaba en esa palabra. - LuisaGomezBartle, AGO 17, 2010

Answer 3

The perfect toilet for submarine races! - 005faa61, ENE 18, 2011

Answer 4

In Mexico and the U.S. inodoro. That's the sign over them at "Home Depot."

In Bolivia too. - ian-hill, OCT 10, 2009

Answer 5

Retrete is another word you'll hear from time to time. I've always been amazed at how many words there are for toilet in every language.

Answer 6

Inodoro

Answer 7

En México taza del baño, escusado o inodro.

Answer 8

Toilets consist of 2 main parts - the tank and the bowl. Many answers here are giving the name of the entire unit, but the question is about the bowl. So of course, Heidita is correct. La taza

WC is an English abbreviation for Water Closet, which is the room that houses toilets. WC is not only used in Europe and sometimes in Asia, but in Mexico as well.

Hopefully this completes the toilet tutorial.

haha sí. ¡Qué chistoso es que esta pregunta haya recibido tantas respuestas! - PumpkinCalabaza, MAY 18, 2012

Answer 9

I'm surprised no one has said "el tocado" for "the toilet," that's in the dictionary...

Answer 10

In a sense la taza del váter is WC, no?

Zoltán, not really, the WC is the toilet, the taza el váter is this:

¡Qué bonito! ¡Qué roso! ;)) - Issabela, OCT 9, 2009

¡Padre! - jack17, OCT 9, 2009

Answer 11

In México ëscusado¨or "inodoro" is common.

Answer 12

Here in Los Angeles, people refer to the toilet as "el servicio" ! But I don't know why nor do I find confirmation for it on the SpanishDict site. Anyone have an explanation for this? Gracias, MarQuitos

"El servicio" is also used in Spain, but that refers to the room itself, not the bowl. - lazarus1907, ENE 18, 2011

Answer 13

Although Heidita is right about the words "water" (room) and "taza del water" (toilet bowl), it is not strange if you hear someone saying: se me cayó en el water. (It is not necessary to say "la taza del water"). It is completely understood. Anyway, I do not want you to get confused.

The easiest way to learn it is how Heidita says because it is the best way to explain it.

I don't know about others, but I read "water" in Spanish as "guater". When I say that sentence, I write it as "váter". - lazarus1907, ENE 18, 2011

Answer 14

la taza del váter

Uuuhh... If I weren't careful, I might think that it meant "a cup of water" !! Disaster !

Answer 15

Another one, far less common but possibly more euphemistic: Excusado

That's my favorite for bathroom/toilet/WC but a while back someone suggested here that it's out-of-datee. - samdie, OCT 9, 2009