En el vestuario, las jugadoras hablaron con calma antes de salir otra vez.

Here vestuario means changing room, locker room, or dressing room.

In a sports context, el vestuario is the room where the players get changed and talk before or after going onto the field or court.

So En el vestuario means In the locker room.

Because vestuario is a masculine noun in Spanish, so it takes el in the singular and los in the plural.

• el vestuario = the locker room
• los vestuarios = the locker rooms

Its ending may look unusual if you are expecting many nouns ending in -o to be masculine and -a to be feminine, but here it actually does follow that common pattern: vestuario ends in -o, so it is masculine.

Spanish often uses the definite article more than English does.

Here las jugadoras means the players, specifically the female players. The article las helps identify them as a known group in the context.

Spanish could sometimes omit the noun if it is already obvious, but in a normal sentence like this, las jugadoras sounds natural and complete.

• las jugadoras = the female players
• jugadoras by itself could work in some contexts, but it would usually sound less neutral or less complete here

Jugadoras is the feminine plural form of jugador.

• jugador = male player / player
• jugadora = female player
• jugadores = male players or a mixed group
• jugadoras = female players

So this sentence tells you that the group is specifically female.

Hablaron is the preterite form of hablar for they.

• hablar = to talk
• hablaron = they talked

The preterite is used here because the sentence describes a completed action in the past: they talked calmly before going out again.

It presents the talking as a whole event.

Compare:

• hablaron = they talked, they spoke
• hablaban = they were talking / used to talk

If the sentence used hablaban, it would sound more like background action or an ongoing scene. Hablaron fits better for a simple completed event.

Because hablaron focuses on the action as a finished event, while hablaban would describe it as ongoing, repeated, or background information.

In this sentence, the structure suggests a sequence:

1. they talked calmly
2. then they went out again

That is why the preterite hablaron is the natural choice.

If you said:

• Las jugadoras hablaban con calma...

it would feel more like you are setting the scene: The players were talking calmly...

But:

• Las jugadoras hablaron con calma...

means The players talked calmly..., as one completed action.

Con calma literally means with calm, but in natural English it is usually calmly or in a calm way.

Spanish very often uses expressions with con + noun instead of an -ly adverb.

So:

• hablaron con calma = they spoke calmly

This is very natural Spanish. In many cases, con calma sounds more idiomatic and common than calmadamente.

Also, con calma can sometimes suggest not only the manner, but also an unhurried, composed attitude.

Antes de means before when it is followed by a noun or an infinitive.

• antes de salir = before going out / before leaving

This is a very common Spanish pattern:

• antes de comer = before eating
• antes de entrar = before going in
• antes de hablar = before speaking

So after antes de, Spanish often uses an infinitive when the subject is the same or understood from context.

Because after antes de, Spanish normally uses the infinitive, not a conjugated verb, when the subject is understood.

So:

• antes de salir = before going out

Not:

• antes de salieron ❌

A conjugated verb would not fit after de here.

If Spanish wanted a full clause with a different subject, it would usually change the structure, for example:

• antes de que salieran = before they went out

But in your sentence, antes de salir is simpler and very natural because the subject is already understood to be las jugadoras.

Yes, it could, but it would change the structure and feel slightly more explicit.

• antes de salir = before going out
• antes de que salieran = before they went out

The version with antes de + infinitive is common when the subject is the same as the main clause or easy to understand.

The version with antes de que + subjunctive is often used when:

1. the subject is different, or
2. the speaker wants to express it more fully.

In this sentence, antes de salir is shorter and more natural.

Otra vez means again.

So salir otra vez means to go out again.

It suggests that they had already gone out before, or that they were about to return to the field, court, stage, etc.

For example, in a sports setting, this could mean they were in the locker room and then were about to go back out for the second half.

Yes. In most contexts, otra vez and de nuevo both mean again.

So you could say:

• antes de salir otra vez
• antes de salir de nuevo

Both are correct.

In everyday speech, otra vez is extremely common and very natural. De nuevo can sound a little more formal or literary in some contexts, though both are widely used.

The comma is used because En el vestuario has been placed at the beginning as an introductory location phrase.

The main sentence is:

• Las jugadoras hablaron con calma antes de salir otra vez.

And En el vestuario is added in front to set the scene:

• En el vestuario, las jugadoras hablaron con calma antes de salir otra vez.

This comma is helpful and natural, especially in writing, because it separates the setting from the main statement.

The word order can be changed somewhat, because Spanish is more flexible than English.

The original sentence is very natural:

• En el vestuario, las jugadoras hablaron con calma antes de salir otra vez.

But other versions are possible, for example:

• Las jugadoras hablaron con calma en el vestuario antes de salir otra vez.
• Las jugadoras, en el vestuario, hablaron con calma antes de salir otra vez.
  This is possible, though less neutral.

The original version puts emphasis first on where the action happened: In the locker room.

It can be understood as to go out or to head back out, depending on the context.

Salir is a broad verb that can mean:

• to leave
• to go out
• to come out

In this sentence, because of otra vez, it most likely means something like:

• before going out again
• before heading back out

In a sports context, that often means going back onto the field or court rather than simply leaving the building.