swimming pool – la piscina
(Pronounced pees-thee-nah)
To remember that swimming pool is pronounced pees-thee-nah (piscina) in European Spanish, use the following mnemonic:
In the swimming pool, the peas dressed up as Athena, (piscina) the Greek goddess of war.
Piscina is feminine, so it’s la piscina. Imagine a swimming pool shaped like a lady:
Examples of piscina (swimming pool) in a sentence
La piscina está abierta todos los días en verano.
(The swimming pool is open every day in summer.)
Me gusta nadar en la piscina por las mañanas.
(I like to swim in the swimming pool in the mornings.)
Los niños están jugando en la piscina del hotel.
(The children are playing in the hotel swimming pool.)
