sunbathe

English

Etymology

From sun +‎ bathe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnbeɪð/

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Verb

a woman sunbathing

sunbathe (third-person singular simple present sunbathes, present participle sunbathing, simple past and past participle sunbathed)

1. (intransitive) To expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan.

Synonyms

• catch some rays

Coordinate terms

• moonbathe
• starbathe

Derived terms

• sunbathing
• sunbather

Translations

to expose one's body to the sun

• Armenian: արեւի լոգանք ընդունել (arewi logankʻ əndunel) (formal)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 曝日 (zh-min-nan)

  Mandarin: 曬太陽／晒太阳 (shài tàiyáng)

  Teochew: 曝日 (pag⁸ rig⁸)

• Danish: solbade
• Dutch: zonnebaden (nl), zonnen (nl)
• Esperanto: sunumi (eo)
• Estonian: päikest võtta
• Finnish: ottaa aurinkoa, paistatella päivää
• French: prendre un bain de soleil
• Galician: tomar a raxeira, asollar (gl)
• German: sonnenbaden (de)
• Hungarian: napozik (hu)
• Irish: déan bolg le gréin
• Italian: prendere il sole
• Japanese: 日光浴をする (にっこうよくをする, nikkōyoku-o suru)
• Korean: 일광욕을 하다 (ilgwang'yogeul hada)
• Latin: aprīcor
• Latvian: sauļoties, cepināties
• Macedonian: се со́нча (se sónča)
• Maori: pārara, pāinaina
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: наранд шарах (narand šarax)

• Polish: opalać się
• Portuguese: tomar banho de sol
• Russian: загора́ть (ru) impf (zagorátʹ), загоре́ть (ru) pf (zagorétʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: sunčati (sh)
• Slovak: opaľovať sa
• Spanish: tomar el sol, solearse (es), asolearse (es), lagartear (es) (Latin America)
• Swedish: sola (sv), solbada (sv)
• Thai: อาบแดด (àap-dàet)
• Tibetan: ཉི་སྲེག་བཏང (nyi sreg btang)
• Turkish: güneşlenmek (tr), güneş banyosu yapmak
• Vietnamese: tắm nắng (vi)

See also

• sunburn
• suntan

Noun

sunbathe (plural sunbathes)

1. A sunbathing session: a sunbath.

   Do you think it's warm enough outside for a sunbathe?