bañar
to bathe
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
To put something or someone in water
Encoding Strategies:
linguistic
visual
Bañar means to bathe and is baño0, a bath, turned into a verb.
bañar
to bathe, to give a bath
To wash someone or something else in water.
La enfermera bañó al paciente con mucho cuidadoThe nurse bathed the patient very carefully
Tenemos que bañar al perro este fin de semanaWe have to give the dog a bath this weekend
to coat, to plate (in a substance)
To cover something in a layer of another substance by dipping it in. You give the strawberry a bath in chocolate.
Bañaron las fresas en chocolate derretidoThey coated the strawberries in melted chocolate
El joyero bañó el anillo en oroThe jeweler plated the ring in gold
to bathe, to flood (light)
When light or sun falls fully across something. It sits in the light the way it would sit in a bath of water.
El sol de la tarde bañaba la cocinaThe afternoon sun bathed the kitchen
Las ventanas grandes bañan el cuarto de luz naturalThe big windows flood the room with natural light
bañarse
to take a shower, to take a bath, to bathe
When you take a bath, you're literally "bathing yourself."
Me baño todas las mañanas antes del trabajoI take a shower every morning before work
Deberías bañarte antes de acostarteYou should take a bath before going to bed
to go for a swim, to swim (in open water)
When you get into a lake, a river, or the sea for fun. You're basically "giving yourself a bath" when you go swim.
¡Hace mucho calor! ¿Nos bañamos en el lago?It's so hot! Shall we go for a swim in the lake?
Los niños se bañaron en el mar toda la tardeThe kids swam in the sea all afternoon