It’s a common travel problem: you’re visiting a foreign country when nature calls, but you’re not sure where to find the nearest toilet. The locals don’t understand you, the signs aren’t helping — and your situation grows more dire by the minute. Here’s a quick guide to help you find ‘relief’ in 50 of the world’s most commonly spoken languages.
- Afrikaans | Waar is die toilet?
- Amharic | Shintabet yet new?
- Arabic | Ain Alhamaam?
- Bengali | Tôelet ta kothae?
- Burmese | Ein da ga be ma leh?
- Cantonese | Bīndouh yáuh chi só?
- Czech | Kde je prosím záchod?
- Danish | Hvor er toilettet?
- Dutch | Waar is het toilet?
- Farsi | Dashtshuee kojast?
- Finnish | Missä on vessa?
- French | Où sont les toilettes?
- German | Wo ist die toilette?
- Greek | Pou ine i tualetta?
- Haitian Creole | Kote twalèt la?
- Hausa | I na makewayi ya ke?
- Hebrew | Eifo ha’sheirutim?
- Hindi | Tāyalet kahām hain?
- Hmong | Cjav dej nyob qhov twg?
- Hungarian | Hol (van) a vécé?
- Indonesian | Di mana kamar mandi?
- Italian | Dov’è la toilette?
- Japanese | Benjo wa doko desu ka?
- Khmer | Bawng-kohn neuv ai nā?
- Korean | Hwajangsiri eodiyeyo?
- Malagasy | Aiza ny trano fivoahana?
- Malay | Di mana tandas?
- Maori | Kei hea te wharepaku?
- Mandarin | Cèsuǒ zài nǎr?
- Mongolian | Biye zasakh gazar khaana baidag ve?
- Nepali | Sauchalaya kata chha?
- Norwegian | Hvor er toalettet?
- Polish | Gdzie jest toaleta?
- Portuguese | Onde é a casa de banho?
- Punjabi | Tolet kiṭai wai?
- Russian | Gde naхoditsa tualet?
- Serbian | Gde je toalet?
- Somali | Musqusha aawey?
- Spanish | ¿Dónde está el baño?
- Swahili | Choo kiko wapi?
- Swedish | Var är toaletten?
- Tagalog | Nasān ang kasilyas?
- Tamil | Kuliyalarai engai ullathu?
- Thai | Hôrng náhm yòo têe nǎi?
- Turkish | Tuvalet nerede?
- Ukrainian | De tualet?
- Urdu | Bayt-ul-khala khana kahan hay?
- Vietnamese | Câu tiêu ở đâu?
- Welsh | Ble mae’r toiled?
- Zulu | Likuphi ikamelo lokugezela?
By Brad Nehring
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