wáter

Borrowed from English water, shortening for water closet. Compare Catalan vàter and French waters. Doublet of onda, ultimately from the same Indo-European root.

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝ateɾ/ [ˈw̝a.t̪eɾ] (Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbateɾ/ [ˈba.t̪eɾ] (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ateɾ
• Syllabification: wá‧ter

wáter m (plural wáteres)

1. toilet, WC

   Synonyms: retrete, inodoro, servicio, baño, aseo, excusado, váter

• Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “wáter”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
• DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea