How do you ask "where is the bathroom" in spanish?
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Would it be donde es el baño?
I heard one person say something with que in front of it when they asked.
When and why would you put que in front of it?
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updated Nov 20, 2010
posted by thunder098098
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Está, not es, since the bathroom is a place, not a special event.
updated Nov 20, 2010
posted by lorenzo9
I thought esta means "this" like esta es mi amigo is this is my friend. Can you explain? - thunder098098, Nov 18, 2010
Esta means this, está is a conjugated form of estar, es is a conjugated form of ser. Locations of places use estar rather than ser. - lorenzo9, Nov 18, 2010
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I was always taught to say ¿Dónde estan los servicios? I think ¿Dónde esta el baño? would mean Where is the bath?, as in the bath tub itself. Perhaps it is the European vs American regionalism, like in English. I'd ask where the toilets are rather than the bathroom/washroom.
updated Nov 20, 2010
edited by Pibosan
posted by Pibosan
In Ecuador, baño is bathroom and that is the word everyone uses at local restaurants. - lorenzo9, Nov 18, 2010
not just Ecuador, but all of latin america - avicenna, Nov 18, 2010
In Spain Pibosans phrase is more usual ¿Dónde estan los servicios? - lagartijaverde, Nov 18, 2010
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¿Dónde estan los servicios?
or more informally ¿Dónde está el baño?
updated Nov 20, 2010
posted by ronm192
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¿Dónde estan los servicios?
updated Nov 20, 2010
posted by Gocika
