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By analogy with Portuguese ***tomar banho [de chuveiro/ducha]***, which along with tomar uma ducha/chuveirada (Br.)/duche (Port.) means, take a shower,

are there any parts of the English speaking world in which one can hear phrases like

take a bath

and/or bathe,

be commonly (not to say idiomatically) used to mean, take a shower, in such a way that the word shower in such regions is exclusively used to call the shower apparatus?

bathe

: to bathe oneself; take a bath or shower (emphasis is mine.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary

bath

a washing or immersion of something, especially the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day.

Random House

For example,

I was in the shower bathing/taking a bath when the telephone rang.

By analogy with Portuguese ***tomar banho [de chuveiro/ducha]***, which along with tomar uma ducha/chuveirada (Br.)/duche (Port.) means, take a shower,

are there any parts of the English speaking world in which one can hear phrases like

take a bath

and/or bathe,

be commonly (not to say idiomatically) used to mean, take a shower, in such a way that the word shower in such regions is exclusively used to call the shower apparatus?

bathe

: to bathe oneself; take a bath or shower (emphasis is mine.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary

bath

a washing or immersion of something, especially the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day.

Random House

For example,

I was in the shower bathing/taking a bath when the telephone rang.

I bathe [=take a shower] every day, but I can't seem to remember the last time I took a bath.

By analogy with Portuguese ***tomar banho [de chuveiro/ducha]***, which along with tomar uma ducha/chuveirada (Br.)/duche (Port.) means, take a shower,

are there any parts of the English speaking world in which one can hear phrases like

take a bath

and bathe,

be commonly (not to say idiomatically) used to mean, take a shower, in such a way that the word shower in such regions is exclusively used to call the shower apparatus?

bathe

: to bathe oneself; take a bath or shower (emphasis is mine.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary

bath

a washing or immersion of something, especially the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day.

Random House

For example,

I was in the shower bathing/taking a bath when the telephone rang.

By analogy with Portuguese ***tomar banho [de chuveiro/ducha]***, which along with tomar uma ducha/chuveirada (Br.)/duche (Port.) means, take a shower,

are there any parts of the English speaking world in which one can hear phrases like

take a bath

and/or bathe,

be commonly (not to say idiomatically) used to mean, take a shower, in such a way that the word shower in such regions is exclusively used to call the shower apparatus?

bathe

: to bathe oneself; take a bath or shower (emphasis is mine.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary

bath

a washing or immersion of something, especially the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day.

Random House

For example,

I was in the shower bathing/taking a bath when the telephone rang.

By analogy with Portuguese tomar banho [de chuveiro/ducha], which along with tomar uma ducha/chuveirada (Br.)/duche (Port.) means, take a shower,

are there any parts of the English speaking world in which one can hear phrases like

take a bath

and bathe,

be commonly (not to say idiomatically) used to mean, take a shower, in such a way that the word shower in such regions is exclusively used to call the shower apparatus?

bathe

: to bathe oneself; take a bath or shower (emphasis is mine.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary

bath

a washing or immersion of something, especially the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day.

Random House

For example,

I was in the shower bathing/taking a bath when the telephone rang.

By analogy with Portuguese ***tomar banho [de chuveiro/ducha]***, which along with tomar uma ducha/chuveirada (Br.)/duche (Port.) means, take a shower,

are there any parts of the English speaking world in which one can hear phrases like

take a bath

and bathe,

be commonly (not to say idiomatically) used to mean, take a shower, in such a way that the word shower in such regions is exclusively used to call the shower apparatus?

bathe

: to bathe oneself; take a bath or shower (emphasis is mine.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary

bath

a washing or immersion of something, especially the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day.

Random House

For example,

I was in the shower bathing/taking a bath when the telephone rang.