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to mandi

to mandi

9.9
To wash your body to feel clean or cool
  • verb
  • Philippine
translation icon : bañarse
  • I mandi every morning before work.

Examples

  • Children often mandi in the river after playing outside all day.

  • Did you mandi after your workout?

  • In the hot afternoon, he likes to mandi to cool down and feel refreshed.

  • Before entering the mosque, it is customary to mandi as a sign of cleanliness.

  • In the hot afternoon, he likes to mandi to cool down and feel refreshed.

  • Before entering the mosque, it is customary to mandi as a sign of cleanliness.

  • Did you mandi after your workout?

Synonyms

to shower
vsto mandi
140 1.0

To wash your body under a spray of water

refers to immersion washing for daily personal hygiene in Indonesian and Malay contexts
to take a bath
vsto mandi
110 1.0

To wash and relax in a tub of warm water

is primarily a daily hygiene action used in Indonesian and Malay speech
to bathe
vsto mandi
41 1.0

To wash your whole body in water to get clean

is used mainly for daily personal hygiene in Indonesian and Malay contexts
to bathe in
vsto mandi
12 2.1

To get into warm water to clean yourself or relax

focuses on daily hygiene use in Indonesian and Malay rather than general soaking

How Clean

to soak
156 1.0
to shower
140 1.0
to mandi
  • Philippine
9.9
to wash
941 1.0
wipe
18 1.0

Surface Forms

mandi infinitive
manded past
manded past participle
manding present participle
mandis third person singular

Etymology

The verb mandi comes from Indonesian and Malay and simply means 'to bathe' or wash yourself. So when people say mandi, they mean washing to cool down, get clean, or prepare for prayer.