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If you are learning Spanish it's good to know the word for 'toilet'!

Vocabulary - A Trip to the Powder Room!

This Spanish Difficult Review quiz will be reviewing items that you might find in the powder room. What is the powder room? Well, it is another way of saying bathroom or, as they say in some countries, the water closet or just simply the toilet. It is actually a very important place and if you find yourself in a Spanish speaking country, the vocabulary words that are associated with this necessity will be very essential. Therefore, this quiz will be devoted to those items that could possibly be found in or are associated with the powder room.

IN THE POWDER ROOM

ENGLISH	SPANISH
cabinet	botiquín [m] (also known as the first-aid kit)
cap	gorra [f]
deodorant	desodorante [m]
floss	hilo dental [m] (note that the H is silent / it can also be translated as 'dental floss')
privacy	privacidad [f]
private	privado / privada [m/f]
rack	rejilla [f] (note that the J sounds like an H)
razor	navaja [f] (note that the J sounds like an H)
rug	tapete [m]
shampoo	champú [m]
shower	ducha [f]
sink	lavabo [m]
soap	jabón [m]
spa	spa [m]
toilet	retrete [m]
toilet paper	papel higiénico [m]
toothbrush	cepillo de dientes [m]
toothpaste	pasta dentífrica [f]
tub	bañera [f]

Each of these words should help you out quite nicely if you ever are in the position to need them in a Spanish speaking country! Now on to the quiz below.

For the quiz, each of the ten sentences as an all capitalized powder room word. Your challenge is to locate its proper Spanish translation to that capitalized word. Are your ready? Then wash your hands and begin the quiz!

You will need to put the towels on the RACK.

tapete

rejilla

navaja

gorra

The Spanish word for rack is rejilla.

Billy washed his hands in the SINK.

retrete

bañera

ducha

lavabo

The Spanish word for sink is lavabo.

Dick had to buy a new RAZOR.

hilo dental

jabón

navaja

cepillo de dientes

The Spanish word for razor is navaja.

Please put the medicine in the CABINET.

botiquín

hilo dental

gorra

tapete

The Spanish word for cabinet is botiquín.

Mother ran to the store to buy some SHAMPOO.

ducha

champú

jabón

bañera

The Spanish word for shampoo is champú.

They had to ask directions to the nearest TOILET.

desodorante

spa

bañera

retrete

The Spanish word for toilet is retrete.

We found TOOTHPASTE in the cabinet.

cepillo de dientes

papel higiénico

pasta dentífrica

jabón

The Spanish words for toothpaste are pasta dentífrica.

My dentist told me I had to FLOSS my teeth on a regular basis.

ducha

hilo dental

tapete

gorra

The Spanish word for floss is hilo dental. In other words, it is like saying 'dental floss' though, in English, 'dental' is often dropped.

The door to the bathroom was marked PRIVATE.

privacidad

desodorante

spa

privada

The word private is an adjective and must take on the same gender as the object it describes. In this case, it is the door which is la puerta in Spanish – or a feminine word. The Spanish word for private as it is used here is privada.

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My grandmother keeps a small RUG in front of her shower.

tapete

ducha

gorra

bañera

The Spanish word for rug is tapete.

Author: Christine G. Broome