🚿 Bathroom
In this section you'll learn useful Spanish vocabulary for the bathroom and personal care, along with everyday expressions for hygiene, grooming, and daily routines.
🟢 Basic Bathroom Vocabulary
🚿 Bathroom → Baño
🚽 Toilet → Inodoro
🚰 Sink → Lavabo
🚿 Shower → Ducha
🛁 Bathtub → Bañera
🪞 Mirror → Espejo
🧻 Toilet paper → Papel higiénico
🧽 Towel → Toalla
🟡 Personal Care Items
🪥 Toothbrush → Cepillo de dientes
🦷 Toothpaste → Pasta de dientes
🧼 Soap → Jabón
🧴 Shampoo → Champú
🧴 Conditioner → Acondicionador
🪮 Comb → Peine
🪮 Hairbrush → Cepillo para el pelo
🪒 Razor → Afeitadora / Rasuradora
🧴 Deodorant → Desodorante
💨 Hair dryer → Secador de pelo
🧼 Personal Care Actions
🚿 To shower → Ducharse
🧼 To wash oneself → Lavarse
🪥 To brush one's teeth → Cepillarse los dientes
🪮 To comb one's hair → Peinarse
🪒 To shave → Afeitarse
🧻 To dry oneself → Secarse
🧠 Reflexive Verbs Tip
Many personal care actions use reflexive verbs because the person performs the action on themselves:
Me ducho. - I shower.
Te lavas las manos. - You wash your hands.
Se cepilla los dientes. - He/She brushes his/her teeth.
Me ducho. - I shower.
Te lavas las manos. - You wash your hands.
Se cepilla los dientes. - He/She brushes his/her teeth.
Spanish commonly uses the definite article with body parts:
Me lavo las manos.
I wash my hands.
Me cepillo los dientes.
I brush my teeth.
Me lavo las manos.
I wash my hands.
Me cepillo los dientes.
I brush my teeth.
💬 Everyday Bathroom & Personal Care Phrases
🚻 Disculpe, ¿dónde está el baño?
Excuse me, where is the bathroom?
Excuse me, where is the bathroom?
🪥 Siempre me cepillo los dientes antes de acostarme.
I always brush my teeth before going to bed.
I always brush my teeth before going to bed.
🧴 Creo que se nos acabó el champú.
I think we ran out of shampoo.
I think we ran out of shampoo.
🚿 El agua de la ducha tarda un poco en calentarse.
The shower water takes a little while to warm up.
The shower water takes a little while to warm up.
🚿 Practical Situations
🧻 No queda papel higiénico.
There isn't any toilet paper left.
There isn't any toilet paper left.
🧽 ¿Me puedes traer una toalla limpia?
Can you bring me a clean towel?
Can you bring me a clean towel?
🚰 El lavabo está lleno de agua.
The sink is full of water.
The sink is full of water.
🪞 No puedo verme bien porque el espejo está empañado.
I can't see myself well because the mirror is fogged up.
I can't see myself well because the mirror is fogged up.
💬 Everyday Conversations
Asking for the bathroom
A: Disculpe, ¿dónde está el baño?
B: Está al final del pasillo, a la izquierda.
A: Excuse me, where is the bathroom?
B: It's at the end of the hallway, on the left.
A: Disculpe, ¿dónde está el baño?
B: Está al final del pasillo, a la izquierda.
A: Excuse me, where is the bathroom?
B: It's at the end of the hallway, on the left.
Getting ready
A: ¿Ya estás listo para salir?
B: Casi. Solo tengo que cepillarme los dientes.
A: Are you ready to go out?
B: Almost. I just have to brush my teeth.
A: ¿Ya estás listo para salir?
B: Casi. Solo tengo que cepillarme los dientes.
A: Are you ready to go out?
B: Almost. I just have to brush my teeth.
📝 Example Sentences
🧴 Dejé el champú y el acondicionador dentro de la ducha.
I left the shampoo and conditioner inside the shower.
I left the shampoo and conditioner inside the shower.
🪥 Necesito comprar un cepillo de dientes nuevo antes del viaje.
I need to buy a new toothbrush before the trip.
I need to buy a new toothbrush before the trip.
💨 Mi hermana está usando el secador de pelo en el baño.
My sister is using the hair dryer in the bathroom.
My sister is using the hair dryer in the bathroom.
🧽 Colgué la toalla cerca de la ducha para tenerla a mano.
I hung the towel near the shower to have it within reach.
I hung the towel near the shower to have it within reach.
🏆 Final Practice
Try saying each phrase before pressing play.
- ¿Dónde está el baño?
- Me cepillo los dientes.
- Necesito una toalla limpia.
- Se nos acabó el champú.
- Me ducho por la mañana.
- El espejo está empañado.