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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)
- (euphemistic) To urinate, defecate, or both in a toilet.
She'll be right back. She had to use the toilet.
- (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
- 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
- Swedish: gå på toaletten (sv), gå på toa (sv)
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