Me baño-- is this correct to say "I take a bath"?

Question

Is it correct to say "Me baño" in order to say "I take a bath" even if baño actually is a noun?

Answer 1

Yes, this is correct

Bañarse is listed in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary as being a pronominal verb with reflexive endings:

bañarse v pron (refl)

It works in a similar manner to a reflexive verb and is conjugated in exactly the same way.You can think of a reflexive verb as one where you do the action to yourself

ie I wash myself, I bathe myself.

It is conjugated like this:

Me baño

te bañas

se baña

nos bañamos

os bañáis

se bañan

I hope this helps

Answer 2

In Spain we use "bañarse" for "to take a bath" and "ducharse" for "to take a shower", since "baño" is bath and "ducha" is shower.

Answer 3

When I am going to the shower I say " voy a bañarme" just another way of saying I am going to bathe myself.

Answer 4

bañarse (to take a bath, bathe [oneself])

Pronoun	English	Spanish
I / yo	..I take a bath, am taking a bath..	..me baño..
you / tú	..you take a bath..	..te bañas..
you-he-she / Ud.él-ella	..you take/-he-she takes a bath..	..se baña..
we / nosotros, -as	..we take a bath..	..nos bañamos..
you / vosotros, -as	..you (all) take a bath..	..os bañáis..
they / Uds./ellos, ellas	..they take a bath..	..se bañan..

Corrections: te bañAS, and os bañáis with tilde on the á These accents are important ,Maria :) - FELIZ77, Aug 29, 2011

Thanks Feliz, I was in a hurry. - Maria-Russell, Aug 29, 2011

Sorry Feliz, I'll be more careful. - Maria-Russell, Aug 29, 2011

you (all)-they....ustedes is not "they" - 0074b507, Aug 29, 2011

Hi gfreed, I don't know what you mean. If you (all) - they...ustedes is not "they" then what it is? - Maria-Russell, Aug 29, 2011

Answer 5

I'd say it is correct.

Bañar is a verb, see here.

Answer 6

From a practical standpoint, you should also know that in many countries "bañarse" is used to say that you are going to shower. Mexico for sure, and probably much of Central America. Maybe even Latin American as a whole.

Voy a bañarme / Me voy a bañar I'm going to take a shower

If you want to say you're going to bathe in a tub, then you would say....

Voy a bañarme en la tina I'm going to take a bath (in the bath tub)

Some people also use it for swimming in the ocean. - lorenzo9, Aug 29, 2011

Thanks a lot, this was most helpful and I learnt about "la tina"! - aaspriha, Aug 30, 2011

Answer 7

I think she means since el baño means the bathroom, could you say I'm going to the bathroom to take a bath.