Spanish B1 · Day 53
Day 53: La piscina municipal — Warnings with como + subjunctive
What you'll learn
- Grammar: Warnings with como + subjunctive
- Reading: Un domingo de verano en la piscina municipal
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Grammar point: Warnings with como + subjunctive
¡Hola! Today we're diving deep into one of the most expressive and idiomatic structures in Spanish: using como + subjunctive to express warnings and threats ( advertencias y amenazas ). While you already know that si (if) introduces standard conditional sentences, native speakers immediately reach for como followed by the subjunctive when they want to issue an emphatic warning about an impending negative …
Key vocabulary (8 of 20 words)
- la piscina municipal – municipal swimming pool
- el gorro de baño – swim cap
- el socorrista / la socorrista – lifeguard
- las chanclas (Pl.) – flip-flops
- la corchera – lane line
- los manguitos (Pl.) – armbands
- la crema solar – sunscreen
- la toalla – towel
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