bañar

See also: banar

Aragonese

Etymology

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Verb

bañar

1. Alternative spelling of banyar (“to bathe”)

References

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• banhar (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bannar, from Vulgar Latin *baneare, from Late Latin balneāre, from Latin balneum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baˈɲaɾ]

Verb

bañar (first-person singular present baño, first-person singular preterite bañei, past participle bañado)

1. (transitive or pronominal) to bathe
2. (transitive) to cover or coat with a liquid substance

   Synonyms: cubrir, revestir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bañar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bañar
Personal	bañar	bañares	bañar	bañarmos	bañardes	bañaren
Gerund
	bañando
Past participle
Masculine	bañado			bañados
Feminine	bañada			bañadas
Indicative
Present	baño	bañas	baña	bañamos	bañades	bañan
Imperfect	bañaba	bañabas	bañaba	bañabamos	bañabades	bañaban
Preterite	bañei	bañaches	bañou	bañamos	bañastes	bañaron
Pluperfect	bañara	bañaras	bañara	bañaramos	bañarades	bañaran
Future	bañarei	bañarás	bañará	bañaremos	bañaredes	bañarán
Conditional	bañaría	bañarías	bañaría	bañariamos	bañariades	bañarían
Subjunctive
Present	bañe	bañes	bañe	bañemos	bañedes	bañen
Imperfect	bañase	bañases	bañase	bañásemos	bañásedes	bañasen
Future	bañar	bañares	bañar	bañarmos	bañardes	bañaren
Imperative
Affirmative		baña	bañe	bañemos	bañade	bañen
Negative (non)		non bañes	non bañe	non bañemos	non bañedes	non bañen

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *baneare, from Late Latin balneāre, from Latin balneum. Compare Portuguese banhar, Catalan banyar, French baigner, Italian bagnare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɲaɾ/ [baˈɲaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ba‧ñar

Verb

bañar (first-person singular present baño, first-person singular preterite bañé, past participle bañado)

1. (transitive) to bathe (to clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath)
2. (transitive) to soak, to dip in

   Synonym: sumergir

3. (reflexive) to bathe oneself

   Voy a bañarme esta noche.

   I am going to bathe (myself) tonight.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bañar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bañar
gerund			bañando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bañado		bañada
		plural		bañados		bañadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	baño	bañastú bañásvos	baña	bañamos	bañáis	bañan
	imperfect	bañaba	bañabas	bañaba	bañábamos	bañabais	bañaban
	preterite	bañé	bañaste	bañó	bañamos	bañasteis	bañaron
	future	bañaré	bañarás	bañará	bañaremos	bañaréis	bañarán
	conditional	bañaría	bañarías	bañaría	bañaríamos	bañaríais	bañarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bañe	bañestú bañésvos2	bañe	bañemos	bañéis	bañen
	imperfect (ra)	bañara	bañaras	bañara	bañáramos	bañarais	bañaran
	imperfect (se)	bañase	bañases	bañase	bañásemos	bañaseis	bañasen
	future1	bañare	bañares	bañare	bañáremos	bañareis	bañaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bañatú bañávos	bañe	bañemos	bañad	bañen
	negative		no bañes	no bañe	no bañemos	no bañéis	no bañen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of bañar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive bañar
	dative	bañarme	bañarte	bañarle, bañarse	bañarnos	bañaros	bañarles, bañarse
	accusative	bañarme	bañarte	bañarlo, bañarla, bañarse	bañarnos	bañaros	bañarlos, bañarlas, bañarse
with gerund bañando
	dative	bañándome	bañándote	bañándole, bañándose	bañándonos	bañándoos	bañándoles, bañándose
	accusative	bañándome	bañándote	bañándolo, bañándola, bañándose	bañándonos	bañándoos	bañándolos, bañándolas, bañándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative baña
	dative	báñame	báñate	báñale	báñanos	not used	báñales
	accusative	báñame	báñate	báñalo, báñala	báñanos	not used	báñalos, báñalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative bañá
	dative	bañame	bañate	bañale	bañanos	not used	bañales
	accusative	bañame	bañate	bañalo, bañala	bañanos	not used	bañalos, bañalas
with formal second-person singular imperative bañe
	dative	báñeme	not used	báñele, báñese	báñenos	not used	báñeles
	accusative	báñeme	not used	báñelo, báñela, báñese	báñenos	not used	báñelos, báñelas
with first-person plural imperative bañemos
	dative	not used	bañémoste	bañémosle	bañémonos	bañémoos	bañémosles
	accusative	not used	bañémoste	bañémoslo, bañémosla	bañémonos	bañémoos	bañémoslos, bañémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bañad
	dative	bañadme	not used	bañadle	bañadnos	bañaos	bañadles
	accusative	bañadme	not used	bañadlo, bañadla	bañadnos	bañaos	bañadlos, bañadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative bañen
	dative	báñenme	not used	báñenle	báñennos	not used	báñenles, báñense
	accusative	báñenme	not used	báñenlo, báñenla	báñennos	not used	báñenlos, báñenlas, báñense

Related terms

• bañarse
• bañera
• baño

 

Further reading

• “bañar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28