sunbathe

English

Etymology

From sun +‎ bathe

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

Derived terms

• sunbathing

• sunbather

Translations

to expose one's body to the sun

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

  Mandarin: 曬太陽, 晒太阳 (shài tàiyáng)

• Danish: solbade
• Dutch: zonnebaden (nl), zonnen (nl)
• Estonian: päikest võtta
• Finnish: ottaa aurinkoa, paistatella päivää
• French: prendre un bain de soleil
• 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)
• Latvian: sauļoties, cepināties
• Macedonian: се со́нча (se sónča)
• Maori: pārara, pāinaina
• Polish: opalać się (pl)
• Portuguese: tomar banho de sol
• Russian: загора́ть (ru) impf (zagorátʹ), загоре́ть (ru) pf (zagorétʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: sunčati (sh)
• Spanish: tomar el sol
• Swedish: sola (sv), solbada (sv)
• Thai: อาบแดด (àap-dàet)
• Turkish: güneşlenmek (tr)
• Vietnamese: tắm nắng (vi)

See also

• sunburn
• suntan

Noun

sunbathe (plural sunbathes)

1. A sunbathing session.

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