pileta

swimming pool

sink

pileta(pee-leh-tah)

feminine noun

1. (place to swim in) (River Plate)

a. swimming pool

Me encantaría tener una casa con pileta para bañarme en verano.

I'd love to have a house with a swimming pool so I could have a swim in summer.

b. pool

Prefiero nadar en la pileta a nadar en el mar.

I prefer swimming in the pool to swimming in the sea.

2. (kitchen sink) (River Plate)

(Spain)

a. sink

Tenemos que fregar porque ya no caben más platos en la pileta.

We need to wash the dishes because we can't get any more plates in the sink.

3. (bathroom sink) (River Plate)

a. sink

Compramos una pileta rosa para el baño nuevo.

We bought a pink sink for the new bathroom.

b. washbowl

(United States)

La pileta está tan alta que los chicos no llegan para lavarse las manos.

The washbowl is so high that the children can't reach to wash their hands.

c. washbasin (United Kingdom)

No soporto que la gente deje restos de pasta de dientes en la pileta.

I can't stand people leaving bits of toothpaste in the washbasin.

pileta

Noun

1. (general)

a. swimming pool (River Plate)

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pileta

1 (gen) basin; bowl; [de cocina] sink; (artesa) trough;

2 (Latinoamérica) [de baño] wash basin

pileta de natación swimming pool