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banhar.

to bathe; to give a bath; to clean by using water

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/bɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/Brazil[bɐ̃ˈj̃a(h)]Brazil/bɐ̃ˈɲa(ɾ)/São-Paulo[bɐ̃ˈj̃a(ɾ)]São-Paulo
  1. to bathe; to give a bath; to clean by using water

    reflexive
    Ela banhava-se no lago.
  2. to bound the shore of a country, continent or other geographic region

    transitive
    Os Estados Unidos são banhados pelo Oceano Atlântico ao leste e pelo Oceano Pacífic ao oeste.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese bannar, from Vulgar Latin *baneāre, from Late Latin balneāre, from Latin balneum. Compare Spanish and Galician bañar, French baigner, Italian bagnare.

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