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[upthera44.livejournal.com]

What is the best word for 'gym', as in a place to exercise and lift weights? I've used the phrase "спортивный зал" before but I get the impression that this is not a very colloquial way to say it. Is there a better word?

Comments

[salexey.livejournal.com]

Спортзал.

[la-dy-ashley.livejournal.com]

тренажёрка - a very colloquial variant. A short one from ¨тренажерный зал¨

[alinaf.livejournal.com]

фитнесс-центр :)

[shimshoni.livejournal.com]

one more colloquial word (not for all gum but only for its weights section) - качалка - from the expression "качать мышцы"

[upthera44.livejournal.com]

Thanks much

[ex-tritopor.livejournal.com]

Качалка. This word is most expressive.

[salexey.livejournal.com]

Качалка is only for a place to lift weights :)

[lady-spring.livejournal.com]

Dusty, won't you write your letter to me? :)
Polina

[laew.livejournal.com]

Yet, спортивный зал is better.
Спортзал is short from "спортивный зал" (it sounds more informal but not colloquial).
The other above-mentioned variants are not exact.

[oryx_and_crake]

No real live person I know would say спортивный зал when talking to real live people.

Petr Mamonov

[towarysc.livejournal.com]

Я уволился с работы,
Потому что я устал.
Я почти не пью вина,
Я хожу в спортивный зал...
=)))

Re: Petr Mamonov

[oryx_and_crake]

Exactly my point - he's not talking, he's singing ;-)

[laew.livejournal.com]

I would! But well... you seem to be right.

[sunboom.livejournal.com]

IMHO the most colloquial is тренажерный зал

[la-dy-ashley.livejournal.com]

it´s not colloquial at all.

[sunboom.livejournal.com]

"a place to exercise and lift weights" is "место, где делают упражнения и поднимают веса". so its exactly "тренажерный зал"

[la-dy-ashley.livejournal.com]

I´m not saying the translation is wrong, I´m saying that it´s not colloquial. Nobody would use it in everyday speech, it´s too long.

[sunboom.livejournal.com]

can not agree with you

[sunboom.livejournal.com]

тренажерный зал is semantic neutral, "тренажерка" is from teens speach i guess

[babylohn.livejournal.com]

Спортзал или Качок