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.
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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!
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The Spanish word for rack is rejilla.
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The Spanish word for sink is lavabo.
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The Spanish word for razor is navaja.
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The Spanish word for cabinet is botiquín.
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The Spanish word for shampoo is champú.
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The Spanish word for toilet is retrete.
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The Spanish words for toothpaste are pasta dentífrica.
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The Spanish word for floss is hilo dental. In other words, it is like saying 'dental floss' though, in English, 'dental' is often dropped.
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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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The Spanish word for rug is tapete.
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