Beach – la playa
(Pronounced pla-ya)
To remember that beach is pronounced pla-ya (playa) in Spanish, use the following mnemonic:
On the beach, the handle came off her bucket, but her dad had a pair of pliers (playa) to fix it.
Playa is feminine, so it’s la playa. Imagine a picture of a lady on a beach:
Examples of playa (beach) in a sentence
Me gusta caminar por la playa al atardecer.
(I like to walk along the beach at sunset.)
La playa estaba llena de gente durante el verano.
(The beach was full of people during the summer.)
Fuimos a la playa para nadar y relajarnos.
(We went to the beach to swim and relax.)
