sunbathe

English

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Etymology

From sun +‎ bathe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnbeɪð/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

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; to take the sun.

Synonyms

• catch some rays

Coordinate terms

• moonbathe
• starbathe

Derived terms

• sunbather
• sunbathing

Translations

to expose one's body to the sun — see also bask

Armenian: արեւի լոգանք ընդունել (arewi logankʻ əndunel) (formal) Chinese: Hokkien: 曝日 (zh-min-nan) Mandarin: 曬太陽 / 晒太阳 (shài tàiyáng) Teochew: 曝日 Danish: solbade Dutch: zonnebaden (nl), zonnen (nl) Esperanto: sunumi (eo) Estonian: päikest võtta Finnish: ottaa aurinkoa, paistatella päivää French: prendre un bain de soleil Galician: tomar a raxeira, asollar (gl) 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) Latin: aprīcor Latvian: sauļoties, cepināties Macedonian: се со́нча (se sónča) Maori: pārara, pāinaina Mongolian: Cyrillic: наранд шарах (narand šarax) Polish: opalać się Portuguese: tomar banho de sol Russian: загора́ть (ru) impf (zagorátʹ), загоре́ть (ru) pf (zagorétʹ) Serbo-Croatian: sunčati (sh) Slovak: opaľovať sa Spanish: tomar el sol, solearse (es), asolearse (es), tomar sol, solejar (disused) Swedish: sola (sv), solbada (sv) Thai: อาบแดด (àap-dàet) Tibetan: ཉི་སྲེག་བཏང (nyi sreg btang) Turkish: güneşlenmek (tr), güneş banyosu yapmak Vietnamese: tắm nắng (vi)

See also

• sunburn
• suntan

Noun

sunbathe (plural sunbathes)

1. A sunbathing session: a sunbath.

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