baño

See also: bano and bañó

Aragonese

Noun

baño m (plural baños)

1. Alternative spelling of banyo (“bath”)

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “baño”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Galician

Baths by the Río Caldo ("Hot river"), Os Baños, Lobios, Galicia

Alternative forms

• banho (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese banno, from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Compare Portuguese banho, Spanish baño.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɲo/ [ˈba.ɲʊ]
• Rhymes: -aɲo
• Hyphenation: ba‧ño

Noun

baño m (plural baños)

1. bath
2. bathtub

   Synonym: bañeira

3. bathroom
4. (also in the plural) hot spring

   Synonym: burga

5. (also in the plural) baths; bathhouse; spa
   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 127:

     Que o dito que aposte os ditos baños et os alinpe ben, fasta o soo, de todo lixo et lodo que touveren

     That the aforementioned man should ready the aforementioned baths, and clean them correctly, till the ground, of any dirt and mud that they can have

6. trough, manger

   Synonyms: maseira, tulla

   • 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 401-402:

     'It. hua manta et dous banos de pan amasar [...] It. hunn bano de salgar carne"

     Item, a blanket and two troughs for kneading bread [...] Item, a trough for salting meat

7. coating

   Synonym: capa

8. dungeon

Derived terms

• Baños

 

Related terms

• balneario
• bañar
• bañeira

 

Verb

baño

1. first-person singular present indicative of bañar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “banno”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “baño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “baño”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “baño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “baño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɲo/ [ˈba.ɲo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɲo
• Syllabification: ba‧ño

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish banno, from Latin baneum, variant of balneum.

Noun

baño m (plural baños)

1. bath
2. bathroom

   Synonym: cuarto de baño

3. toilet

   Synonyms: aseo, excusado, inodoro, retrete, sanitario, servicio, wáter

4. (Cooking) A coating or glaze applied to food, particularly in confections like alfajores or pastries. This can refer to a chocolate or sugar glaze, often used to cover desserts and provide a smooth or shiny finish.

   Example: "Alfajores con baño de chocolate cobertura" or "con baño azucarado" refer to confections covered with a chocolate or sugar glaze.

   Synonym: glaseado

   Etymology: Possibly related to "baño maría," referring to the technique of gently heating food in a water bath, which is used in preparing certain glazes or coatings.

Derived terms

• baño de arena
• baño de asiento
• baño de María
• baño de masas
• baño de multitudes
• baño de sangre
• baño maría
• baño turco
• bata de baño
• casa de baños
• cuarto de baño
• pantaloneta de baño
• sala de baño
• salida de baño
• traje de baño

 

Related terms

• bañar
• bañera

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: banyo
• → Cebuano: banyo
• Chavacano: baño
• → Hiligaynon: banyo
• → Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: bañu
• → Moroccan Arabic: بانيو (bānyu)
• → Tagalog: banyo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

baño

1. first-person singular present indicative of bañar

Further reading

• “baño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014