Swimming pool – la piscina

(Pronounced pee-see-nah)

To remember that swimming pool is pronounced pee-see-nah (piscina) in Latin American Spanish, use the following mnemonic:

Going to the swimming pool is fun, but the person who pees in a (piscina) pool can spoil things for everyone.

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.)