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piscina

swimming pool

noun pee-SHEE-nah Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'piscina' (fish pond)

Usage Note

Piscina is a swimming pool; andare in piscina means to go to the pool to swim. The plural is piscine, and the word originally meant a fish pond in Latin.

Examples

"I bambini nuotano in piscina."

Natural Translation

The children are swimming in the pool.

Literal Translation

The children swim in pool.

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