In the bathroom
La bañera is the bathtub and la ducha the shower. You wash with el jabón (soap) or, in the shower, with el gel — what Spaniards call shower gel. In the bathroom, el cepillo on its own is usually a hairbrush; the one for your teeth is el cepillo de dientes.
| Wash your hands with soap and water. | Lávate las manos con agua y jabón. |
| I do my hair with the brush before going out. | Me peino con el cepillo antes de salir. |
El aseo
In a Spanish home, el aseo is a small room with a toilet and a washbasin, while el baño usually has a bath or a shower too. In bars, stations and restaurants the sign often says Aseos.
| Our flat has a bathroom and a separate toilet. | Nuestro piso tiene un baño y un aseo. |
| Excuse me, where are the restrooms? | Perdone, ¿dónde están los aseos? |
Secar or secarse?
| verb | what gets dry | example |
|---|---|---|
| secar | a thing | secar los platos |
| secarse | yourself | me seco con la toalla |
| secarse + body part | part of you | sécate el pelo |
| I dry myself with the towel. | Me seco con la toalla. |
| Dry your hair with the hairdryer. | Sécate el pelo con el secador. |
Body parts take el / la
With la uña, el labio or el pelo, Spanish usually uses the article, not mi: the reflexive pronoun or the context already says whose they are.
| My sister paints her nails red. | Mi hermana se pinta las uñas de rojo. |
Bathroom accidents with se me…
The accidental se is made for the bathroom. The verb agrees with the thing, not with the person: one nail, se me ha roto; two lips, se me han cortado.
| I've dropped the soap in the bathtub. | Se me ha caído el jabón en la bañera. |
| I've broken a nail. | Se me ha roto una uña. |
| My lips have gotten chapped from the cold. | Se me han cortado los labios por el frío. |
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