use the toilet

English

Verb

use the toilet (third-person singular simple present uses the toilet, present participle using the toilet, simple past and past participle used the toilet)

1. (euphemistic) To urinate, defecate, or both in a toilet.

   She'll be right back. She had to use the toilet.

2. (euphemistic, uncommon) To urinate, defecate, or both in other places.

   We had to use the toilet in the woods when we went camping, so we carried bog rolls and small shovels everywhere we went.

Synonyms

• excrete, do one's duty, go potty (childish), go to the bathroom, go to the toilet, go to the restroom, go to the washroom, inspect the plumbing (jocular), see a man (jocular), see a man about a dog (jocular), see a man about a horse (jocular), use the bathroom, use the facilities, use the restroom, use the washroom; see also Thesaurus:urinate and Thesaurus:defecate

Translations

to use facilities to urinate or defecate

• Azerbaijani: ayaqyoluna getmək, tualetə getmək, su başına getmək
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 去廁所／去厕所 (heoi³ ci³ so²), 去洗手間／去洗手间 (heoi³ sai² sau² gaan¹), 如廁／如厕 (jyu⁴ ci³)

  Hokkien: 去便所 (khì piān-só͘), 走動／走动 (cháu-tāng)

  Mandarin: 上廁所／上厕所 (zh) (shàng cèsuǒ), 去洗手間／去洗手间 (qù xǐshǒujiān), 如廁／如厕 (zh) (rúcè)

• Finnish: mennä vessaan
• French: aller aux toilettes (fr)
• German: die Toilette benutzen, auf die Toilette gehen, austreten (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀποπατέω (apopatéō)

• Hungarian: vécére/mosdóba megy, kimegy a vécére/mosdóba, (in the strict sense) vécézik
• Spanish: ir al baño
• Swahili: -jisaidia (sw)
• Swedish: gå på toaletten (sv), gå på toa (sv)