Hey, how are you? Let’s learn Portuguese! Today we are going to talk about the toilet in Portuguese. When you come to Brazil, I am sure you will need to know everything related to bathroom! It’s one of those important things for when we arrive in a new place and get checked in a hotel. Today you will learn about the objects we have in the bathroom, but also how to say toilet, bathtub and shower in Portuguese. By the end of this class, I am sure you won’t be wondering how to say “Where is the toilet?” in Portuguese!
Now let’s talk about your house: what is your bathroom like? Big? Small? What do you have in it?
| Banheiro | Toilet / Bathroom |
Curiosity: Did you know that, in Portugal, the Portuguese for bathroom is casa de banho. It would mean house of bath, funny right? 😛
Do you know how is the pronunciation of shower in Portuguese? Let’s see the items we have in the bathroom in Portuguese:
| O vaso sanitário e a descarga | Toilet and flush | |
| Os tapetes | Mats / Rugs | |
| A pia do banheiro | Bathroom sink | |
| O armarinho e o espelho | Bathroom cabinet and mirror | |
| A lâmpada | Light bulb | |
| O chuveiro | Shower | |
| A cortina do banheiro | Bathroom curtain | |
| A banheira | Bathtub | |
| O cesto de roupas sujas | Dirty clothes basket |
Now let’s learn how to write the names of the different utensils you can find in your bathroom. Do you have all of them in your bathroom right now?
| A toalha de rosto | Hand Towel |
| A toalha de banho | Bath Towel |
| O roupão de banho | Bathrobe |
| O sabonete | Soap |
| O sabonete líquido | Liquid Soap |
| A esponja de banho | Bath Sponge |
| O xampu | Shampoo |
| O condicionador | Conditioner |
| A pasta de dente | Toothpaste |
| A escova de dente | Toothbrush |
| O fio dental | Dental Floss |
| O enxaguante bucal | Mouthwash |
| O barbeador | Shaver |
| O creme de barbear | Shaving Cream |
| O papel higiênico | Toilet paper |
| O creme hidratante | Moisturizer |
| Os cotonetes | Cotton Swabs |
| O algodão | Cotton |
| O absorvente | Period Pads |
| O desodorante | Deodorant |
| A pinça | Tweezers |
| A escova de cabelo | Hairbrush |
| O pente | Comb |
| O secador de cabelos | Hair Dryer |
Now we will see some verbal expressions! Take a look at those!
| ir ao banheiro | go to the toilet |
| fazer xixi | to pee |
| fazer cocô / fazer o número 2 | to poop |
| escovar os dentes | brush your teeth |
| escovar os cabelos | brush your hair |
| tomar banho | take a shower |
| lavar o cabelo | wash your hair |
| passar desodorante | apply deodorant |
| passar fio dental | to floss |
| secar as mãos na toalha | dry your hands on the towel |
| secar o corpo na toalha | dry your body on the towel |
| bochecho com enxaguante bucal | mouthwash |
| limpar o banheiro | clean the bathroom |
There are other verbs to pee and poop: mijar and cagar. But we really don’t recommend you to use them! They sound very aggressive and unpolite for Brazilians! Perhaps the only exception for using them is if you are joking with someone that you have much intimacy with 😉
Time to practice your pronunciation with our youtube video. Repeat the words after us:
Now, let’s see these vocabularies related to the toilet in the Portuguese language, associated with some structures to form phrases:
A descarga fica no vaso sanitário.
The flush is on the toilet.
Há dois tapetes no chão do banheiro.
There are two mats on the bathroom’s floor.
Devemos escovar nossos dentes na pia do banheiro.
We must brush our teeth in the sink.
Penteamos nosso cabelo em frente ao espelho.
We comb our hair in front of the mirror.
A pasta de dente e as escovas estão dentro do armário do banheiro.
The tooth paste and the tooth brushes are in the bathroom cabinet.
A lâmpada está ligada.
The light is on.
Tomamos banho no chuveiro.
We take a shower in the shower.
A banheira está com água.
The bath is filled with water.
Devemos colocar as roupas sujas no cesto.
We must put the dirty clothes in the basket.
One more important thing that we must teach today is how to ask where’s the bathroom in Portuguese. It’s very important to know that and we don’t want you to feel lost when you need to know the Portuguese for toilet. So, check out how we ask this:
| Onde é o banheiro? | Where’s the toilet? |
Be sure that you are pronouncing it properly.
Match the names of the objects in the bathroom in Portuguese to their descriptions:
| 1 – Usado para lavar as mãos | Lâmpada |
| 2 – Usamos para ver nosso reflexo | Pia |
| 3 – Usamos para tomar banho e relaxar | Espelho |
| 4 – Usamos para ter luz | Toalha |
| 5 – Usamos para secar o corpo | Banheira |
That’s it. Until the next Dica! We hope to see you very soon, come study Portuguese in Rio!
Hugs!
Click in the links below to see more related Dicas
Parts of the House in Portuguese
Living Room in Portuguese
Kitchen in Portuguese
Bedroom in Portuguese
1 – Usado para lavar as mãos: pia
2 – Usamos para ver nosso reflexo: espelho
3 – Usamos para tomar banho e relaxar: banheira
4 – Usamos para ter luz: lâmpada
5 – Usamos para secar o corpo: toalha
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