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Friday, June 12, 2026

Get help in Spanish speaking countries, swimming

Swimming pool (piscina in Spanish) at a Parador hotel on La Palma. Photo by Angela Lansbury.


Spanish - English

ambulancia - ambulance



ayuda - aid / help

cara - face (I remember a in face and cara, like two cheeks, letter a twice)

caro - expensive (I remember, oh no, too expensive, ends in Spanish with the letter o)

gorro de baño - bath cap

Gorro de ducha - shower cap


necesito - I need

no - no / don't

no fumar - no smoking )literally no to smoke - infinitive

sombrero de natación - swimming hat

policia - police

¿tienes? - Do you have ... ?


English - Spanish

bath cap - gorro de baño

life guard - socorrista (life guard running to help, letter r twice, like the English word succour)

shower cap - gorro de ducha

swimming hat - sombrero de natación


Useful phrases are in

translate Spanish (google)

Wikitravel phrasebook Spanish (without ads)

Wikivoyage phrasebook Spanish (with ads)

See my previous post on mouth ulcers and a pharmacy in La Palma, in the Canary islands

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