La Palabra Del Dia: "bañar"
bañar (bah-nyahr')
verb ( to bathe; to soak )
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Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
Examples:
1. El perro está hediondo. Hay que bañarlo.
The dog reeks. He has to be bathed.
2. De postre tuvimos una variedad de frutas bañadas en chocolate.
For dessert, we had a variety of fruits soaked in chocolate.
Notes:
It's common to see "bañar" in its reflexive form, "bañarse" ("to bathe oneself").
13 Answers
Cada quien baña a su niño donde puede . Solo podemos esperar a que no vaya a resfriarse.
Everyone bathes his child where he can . We can only hope that he does not catch cold.
Esta semana no me voy a bañar.
I am not going to bathe this week.
Wolfie y yo nos bañamos juntos en el Atlántico cuando no hay desmasiada gente en la playa.
Wolfie and I swim together in the Atlantic, when there aren't too many people about on the beach.
( The Spanish don't seem to say swim, they seem to say bañar, but I may be wrong, it may be local usage)
Ella banó los caballos en el rio.
She bathed the horses in the river.
Es agradable para bañarse en manantiales de agua calientes naturales, si no te importa que huela oler a azufre.
It is pleasing to bathe in natural hot springs, if you don't mind smelling like sulfur.
In Mexico there are very few bathtubs so almost everyone showers. Although there are two words for shower here we use bañarse.
En México hay muy pocas tinas pues casi todos toman duchas. Aunque hay dos palabras por duchar, duchar y tomar una regadera, aquí usamos bañarse.
Algunas personas sienten placer de bañarse en la piscina de borde infinito, pero me satisfago por una ducha ordinaria.
Some people enjoy bathing in the infinity pools, but I am satisfied with an ordinary shower.
En Colombia (sin dudo en otros lugares) en las casas que no tienen calefones, necesitas bañarte “al indio”. Es decir hierves el aqua en la estufa y la mesclas con aqua en un balde para que esté un poco caliente. Te lavas en cuclillas en el baño que tiene un desagüe en el suelo, entonces con un bol te enjuagas. Yo prefiero una ducha con calefón.
In Colombia (no doubt in other places) in houses that don’t have water heaters, you need to bathe “al indio” (like an Indian). That is to say you boil water on the stove and mix it with water in a bucket so that it’s sufficiently hot. You wash squatting down in the bathroom which has a floor drain, then with a bowl you rinse off. I prefer a shower with a water heater.
Normalmente me ducho una o dos veces al día, a veces tres, pero casi nunca me baño en una tina, y cuando lo hago, es un acontecimiento con champán, velas, y mi esposa.
Normally I shower once or twice a day, sometimes three times, but I bathe in a tub almost never, and when I do so, it is an event with champagne, candles, and my wife.
Aunque baño a mi Leo sólo una vez a la semana, el gasto de bañarlo de una vez es más que el gasto mensual de baño de toda la familia.
Even though I bathe Leo just once a wk, the expense for his single bath is more than the total bathing expenses for the whole family,ha
Cleopatra is said to have bathed in donkey 's milk to preserve her beauty and to whiten and soften her skin.
Se dice que Cleopatra se bañó en leche de burro para preservar su belleza y para blanquear y suavizar el piel.
The girls loved to bathe and cried when they had to get out of the tub.
Las niñas les encantan bañarse y lloraron cuando tuvieron que salir de bañera.
Many youngsters hate showering after gym class at school.
Muchos de los jóvenes odian bañarse después de la clase de gimnasia en la escuela.
(Sé que "ducharse" es un coger mejor, pero creo que "bañarse" puede ser usado también, ¿no?)
