baño

See also: bano and bañó

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

baño m (plural baños)

1. bathroom

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

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese banno (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin baneum, from Latin balneum, from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον (balaneîon). Cognate with Portuguese banho and Spanish baño.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɲo̝/

Noun

baño m (plural s)

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 (ed.), 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
   • 1402, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), 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

   Synonyms: maseira, tulla

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]
• Rhymes: -aɲo

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish banno, from Vulgar Latin baneum, from Latin balneum (“bath”), variant form of balineum, from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον (balaneîon).

Noun

baño m (plural baños)

1. bath
2. bathroom

   Synonym: cuarto de baño

3. toilet

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

Derived terms

• baño de masas
• baño de sangre
• baño maría
• baño turco
• bata de baño
• cuarto de baño
• sala 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