Stuck in a foreign country and desperate to use the washroom? Check out how to ask ‘where is the bathroom’ in different languages.

Where Is The Bathroom

Reading the heading must have made you recall a similar incident you faced while traveling isn’t it? All of us who love to travel, or don’t love to travel but still have to, usually end up in an unfamiliar place where language seems to be a barrier. Usually, you wouldn’t bother as long as you are exploring happily. But, when nature calls and you don’t know where to turn to, don’t you just feel helpless and wish you knew how to ask “where is the bathroom” in the local language of that place? Check out this list that will enable you to master this phrase in many different languages. 

Translations of Where is the toilet?

  • Armenian - Pekaran Ooreh
  • Afrikaans - Waar is die badkamer
  • Arabic (Egypt) - Men Fadlak, Fen El Hammam
  • Arabic (UAE) - Ayna Al Hammam
  • Bengali - Bathroom Kothaay
  • Cantonese Chinese - Mm-goy, chee-sor hay been-doh-ah
  • Czech - Prosim Vas, Kde jsou toalety
  • Dutch - Pardon, Waar is de W.C. (“way say”)
  • English - Excuse me, Where is the Bathroom
  • Esperanto - Pardonon, Kie Estas La Banejo (Par-doh-nohn, Key-eh Ess-tahs la bahn-Ey-yo)
  • Finnish - Missa on vessa/WC (veh-seh)
  • French - Excusez-moi, ou sont les toilettes? (Ex-koo-zay mwah, oo sonh ley twah-lett)
  • German - Wo ist die Toilette, bitte (Vo ist dee toy-Let-uh, Bit-uh)
  • Greek - Parakalo, Pou Ine I Tualetta
  • Hebrew - Slikha, Ehfo Hah Sherooteem
  • Hindi & Urdu - Bathroom Kahan/Kidhar Hai
  • Indonesian - Permisi, Dimana Kamar Mandi
  • Irish - Ca bhfuil an leithreas
  • Italian - Mi scusi, dov'e il bagno
  • Japanese - Toire wa, doko (toi-re wa do-ko)
  • Latin - Ubi Est Latrina
  • Lebanese - Waynil Hemehm
  • Malay - Minta Maaf, Di Manakah Bilik Mandi
  • Malayalam - Bathroom evade ah
  • Maltese - Fejn qieghed il-banju / Fejn qieghed it-toilet (Fe-in qee-ed il banyu)
  • Nepali - Bathroom (pronounced "baatroom") / Snaan Kaksha Kahaan Cha
  • Norwegian - Unnskyld, Kan Du Si Meg Hvor Toalettet Er
  • Persian - Bebakhshid, Dastshoee Kojast
  • Portuguese - Com licença, onde fica o banheiro
  • Punjabi - Bathroom Kithe Hai
  • Romanian - Unde Este Toaleta, Va Rog (Oon-day yeh twa-letta, vuh rog)
  • Russian - Skazhite pozhalusta, gde toalet
  • Spanish - Perdone me, Donde Esta El Bano (Per-Don-eh-meh, Dohn-de es-Tah el Bahn-yo)
  • Swedish - Ursakta Mig, Men Var Finns Toaletterna
  • Tamil - Bathroom Enga Irukku
  • Telugu - Bathroom Ekkada
  • Thai - Hong Naam U Ni
  • Tibetan - Chap Sang Gawa Yo Rey
  • Turkish - Pardon, Tuvalet Nerede

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