Phrase guide

do you need to use the bathroom

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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phrase

Meaning 1

Used to ask if one's interlocutor needs to urinate or defecate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, South-Africa, US, euphemistic, interrogative

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Western Apache: xá k’uu chéódá? — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Chinese Mandarin: 你要上廁所嗎? /你要上厕所吗? (nǐ yào shàng cèsuǒ ma) — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Esperanto: ĉu vi bezonas la necesejon? — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Finnish: pitääkö sinun käydä käymälässä? — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Finnish: pitääkö sinun käydä vessassa? — do you need to use the bathroom
  • French: avez-vous besoin des toilettes — do you need to use the bathroom
  • German: Müssen Sie auf die Toilette gehen? — do you need to use the bathroom
  • German: Musst du auf die Toilette gehen? — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Greek: χρειάζομαι τουαλέτα — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Hungarian: szeretné használni a mosdót? — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Kapampangan: magbanyu ka? — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Kapampangan: mag-CR ka? — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Polish: czy musisz korzystać z łazienki? — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Portuguese: precisa usar o banheiro? — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Romanian: Trebuie să mergeți la toaletă? — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Romanian: Trebuie să mergi la toaletă? — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Russian: вам ну́жно в туале́т? (vam núžno v tualét?) — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Russian: тебе́ ну́жно в туале́т? (tebé núžno v tualét?) — do you need to use the bathroom
  • Spanish: ¿necesitas usar el baño? — do you need to use the bathroom