Meanings
verbsunbathe (third-person singular simple present sunbathes, present participle sunbathing, simple past and past participle sunbathed)
present singular third person sunbathes · participle present sunbathing · participle past sunbathed · past sunbathed
- intransitiveTo expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan; to take the sun.
Synonyms: catch some rays
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan; to take the sun.
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Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 曬太陽 /晒太阳
- 曬太陽 /晒太阳 (shài tàiyáng)to expose one's body to the sun
Danish solbade
- solbadeto expose one's body to the sun
Dutch zonnebaden, zonnen
- zonnebadento expose one's body to the sun
- zonnento expose one's body to the sun
Esperanto sunumi
- sunumito expose one's body to the sun
Estonian päikest võtta
- päikest võttato expose one's body to the sun
Finnish ottaa aurinkoa, paistatella päivää
- ottaa aurinkoato expose one's body to the sun
- paistatella päivääto expose one's body to the sun
French prendre un bain de soleil
- prendre un bain de soleilto expose one's body to the sun
German sonnenbaden
- sonnenbadento expose one's body to the sun
Hungarian napozik
- napozikto expose one's body to the sun
Irish déan bolg le gréin
- déan bolg le gréinto expose one's body to the sun
Italian prendere il sole
- prendere il soleto expose one's body to the sun
Japanese 日光浴をする
- 日光浴をする (nikkōyoku-o suru)to expose one's body to the sun
Korean 일광욕을 하다
- 일광욕을 하다 (ilgwang'yogeul hada)to expose one's body to the sun
Latin aprīcor
- aprīcorto expose one's body to the sun
Latvian sauļoties, cepināties
- sauļotiesto expose one's body to the sun
- cepinātiesto expose one's body to the sun
Māori pārara, pāinaina
- pārarato expose one's body to the sun
- pāinainato expose one's body to the sun
Polish opalać się, opalić się
- opalać sięto expose one's body to the sun
- opalić sięto expose one's body to the sun
Portuguese tomar banho de sol
- tomar banho de solto expose one's body to the sun
Russian загора́ть, загоре́ть
- загора́ть (zagorátʹ)to expose one's body to the sun
- загоре́ть (zagorétʹ)to expose one's body to the sun
Slovak opaľovať sa
- opaľovať sato expose one's body to the sun
Spanish tomar el sol, solearse
- tomar el solto expose one's body to the sun
- solearseto expose one's body to the sun
- asolearseto expose one's body to the sun
- tomar solto expose one's body to the sun
- solejarto expose one's body to the sun
Swedish sola, solbada
- solato expose one's body to the sun
- solbadato expose one's body to the sun
Thai อาบแดด
- อาบแดด (àap-dàet)to expose one's body to the sun
Turkish güneşlenmek, güneş banyosu yapmak
- güneşlenmekto expose one's body to the sun
- güneş banyosu yapmakto expose one's body to the sun
Vietnamese tắm nắng
- tắm nắngto expose one's body to the sun
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sunbathe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunbathe
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“sunbathe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunbathe. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sunbathe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunbathe.
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