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[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 0 points 5 days ago

Spanish say "baño" for the room where you go to pee? Even if there's nothing but a loo and a basin there?

Almost every language do that. English says bathroom, even if they're not showers on them.

[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

English says bathroom even if they're not showers on them

That would be a toilet.

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago

I know English does, but e.g. German doesn't, that's why I'm interested. A "Badezimmer" (literally "bathroom" or "bathing room") is very much a room in private homes (or hotel rooms) where you take a shower or a bath. That's usually also where the ~~loo~~ toilet is, for convenience reasons. A communal / public room with the single purpose of using the toilet (like in a shop) is "the toilet(s)", one with the purpose of taking a shower (like at a gym) is "the shower(s)". (This probably says something about Germans in general)

And now I'm waiting for some compatriot to rip me a new one because in their dialect it's perfectly normal to look for the "Badezimmer" at Kaufhof and wtf am I talking about.

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