Alba swims at Concepción
Alba wants to swim in the indoor 25 metre pool at Centro Deportivo Municipal Concepción, in Ciudad Lineal, Madrid.
Una visita al Centro Deportivo Municipal Concepción
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What you'll learn
Spanish present tense, the verb querer, and words for a municipal pool and sports centre.
Alba leaves Barrio de la Concepción station on metro line 7 and walks to 5 Calle de José del Hierro. Centro Deportivo Municipal Concepción is public, under the direct management of Madrid city council. She passes the sports hall with its wooden floor and swims in the indoor 25 metre pool. She does not go into the weights room.
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Centro Deportivo Municipal
newmunicipal sports centre
A public sports facility run by a local authority.
Names the real place in the article.
gestión directa del Ayuntamiento
newdirect management by the City Council
The Madrid City Council manages the centre directly.
Explains who manages this public centre.
pabellón polideportivo
newindoor sports hall
A covered space for different sports activities.
Identifies one facility in the centre.
piscina cubierta de 25 metros
new25 metre indoor swimming pool
An indoor swimming pool with a 25 metre basin.
Gives the verified size and type of the pool.
sala de musculación
newweight room
A room with equipment for strength training.
Names another verified facility.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Changing room
vestuario
changing room
A room where people change clothes before or after sport.
Useful when visiting a sports centre.
Locker
taquilla
locker
A small secure compartment for personal belongings.
Helps ask where to leave a bag.
Backpack
mochila
backpack
A bag carried on the back.
Appears in the fictional visit.
To swim
nadar
to swim
To move through water using the body.
Names a common pool activity.
To train
entrenar
to train
To exercise in order to develop a skill or physical ability.
Useful for talking about exercise.
Machines
aparatos
exercise machines
Equipment used for physical exercise.
Helps describe a weight room.
Slowly
despacio
slowly
Despacio describes an action done without speed.
Useful for safe, calm instructions.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Hay for existence
Hay una piscina cubierta
There is an indoor pool
Hay introduces something that exists in a place.
Lets you say what a centre contains.
Tiene for possession
El centro también tiene una piscina cubierta de 25 metros
The centre also has a 25 metre indoor pool
Tiene is the third person singular present form of tener.
Lets you describe what a place has.
Quieres with tú
¿Qué actividad quieres hacer allí?
What activity do you want to do there?
Quieres is the present form of querer used with tú.
Helps ask another person about a preference.
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