I'm going to have a hot bath

cuarto de baño — bathroom; (=aseo) toilet, bathroom ( esp EEUU)

darse o tomar un baño — [en bañera] to have o take a bath; [en mar, piscina] to have a swim, go for a swim

darse un baño de masas o multitudes — to go on a walkabout, mingle with the crowd

baño de sol, darse o tomar un baño de sol — to sunbathe

baño ruso — Cono Sur steam bath

ir a baños — † to take the waters †, bathe at a spa (EEUU)

darle un baño a algn — * to thrash sb *, wipe the floor with sb *

Ex: The library office is in the basement, 'downstairs' as it is euphemistically referred to, along with a staff lounge, the washrooms, heating equipment, and electrical and janitor's closets.

no entiende nada — he doesn't understand a thing o anything

• nada de, no sabe nada de español — he knows no Spanish at all, he doesn't know any Spanish at all

-¿qué te cuentas? -nada de particular — "what's new?" - "nothing much" o "not a lot"

• estuvo en nada que lo perdiesen — they very nearly lost it

• no me falta de nada — I've got everything I need

• hace nada — just a moment ago

• no se parecen en nada — they're not at all alike

• quedar(se) en nada — to come to nothing

• no reparar en nada — to stop at nothing

• no servir para nada — to be utterly useless

• no ha sido nada — it's nothing, it doesn't matter

• antes de nada, antes de nada tengo que telefonear — before I do anything else I must make a phone call

• a cada nada — LAm * constantly

• casi nada, no costó casi nada — it cost next to nothing

• como si nada, se lo advertí, pero como si nada — I warned him but it was as if I hadn't spoken

• de nada, -¡gracias! -de nada — "thanks!" - "don't mention it" o "you're welcome"

• dentro de nada — very soon

• nada más, -¿desea algo más? -nada más, gracias — "can I get you anything else?" - "no, that's all thank you"

estas flores aparecen nada más terminado el invierno — these flowers come out just after the winter o as soon as the winter is over

nada más que estoy muy cansado — And, Méx it's just that I'm very tired

• (nada más y) nada menos que... — (no more and) no less than...

• ni nada — or anything

pues no es feo ni nada — iró he's not ugly... much!

• para nada — at all

• por nada, por nada se echa a llorar — she's always crying over nothing o for no reason at all

¡por nada! — Cono Sur not at all!, don't mention it!

pues no eres tú nada ambicioso — iró well you're not very ambitious, are you?... much!

antes que or de nada — first of all

nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

no está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried

esto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit

se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void

antes que or de nada — first of all

nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

no está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried

esto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit

se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void

Ex: As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.

• comer caliente — to have a hot meal, have some hot food

• servir algo caliente — to serve sth hot

tuvo que responderle en caliente — he had to answer him there and then o on the spur of the moment

• caliente de cascos — hot-headed

estar caliente — to feel horny **

• poner caliente a algn — to turn sb on *, make sb horny **

• ponerse caliente — to get turned on *, get horny **

caliente, caliente — (Jueg) you're hot, getting hotter

agarrarle a alguien en caliente — (Méx fam) to catch somebody red-handed

pagar en caliente y de repente — (Méx fam) to pay cash on the nail

caliente, caliente — (Jueg) you're hot, getting hotter

agarrarle a alguien en caliente — (Méx fam) to catch somebody red-handed

pagar en caliente y de repente — (Méx fam) to pay cash on the nail

Ex: Preferred word forms will also be noted: 'heat' may be preferred to ' hot'.

estaba sentado a mi lado — he was sitting o seated next to me

esperar sentado * —

si crees que te lo devolverá ya puedes esperar sentado — if you think he's going to give it back to you you've got another think coming * o you can think again

pueden permanecer sentados — (frml) you may remain seated (frml)

dar algo por sentado — to assume something

dejar algo sentado: quiero dejar bien sentado que... I would like to make it quite clear that...; esperar(se) sentado (fam & iró): si crees que voy a prestártelo, puedes esperar sentado — if you think I'm going to lend it to you you've got another think coming (colloq)

pueden permanecer sentados — (frml) you may remain seated (frml)

dar algo por sentado — to assume something

dejar algo sentado: quiero dejar bien sentado que... I would like to make it quite clear that...; esperar(se) sentado (fam & iró): si crees que voy a prestártelo, puedes esperar sentado — if you think I'm going to lend it to you you've got another think coming (colloq)

Ex: I can see a staff member in a sitting position with hand held on the brow covering the eye vision and engrossed in reading.

andar con muletas — to walk on o with crutches