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Prohíben que los bañistas entren al vestuario descalzos.

Prohíben que los bañistas entren al vestuario descalzos.
They prohibit the bathers from entering the changing room barefoot.
From Lesson 246:Request and command verbs (pedir que)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Prohíben que los bañistas entren al vestuario descalzos.

Why do we use the subjunctive entren in this sentence?
The main verb is prohibir (to prohibit), which is a verb of influence or command. When you have a verb like this followed by que and a change of subject (from the unnamed 'they' to los bañistas), it triggers the subjunctive in the second verb.
Why does prohíben have an accent mark?
The accent on the í breaks the natural vowel blend (diphthong) that would happen with the vowels o and i sitting next to each other around the silent h. This forces the spoken stress onto the í, making it pro-HÍ-ben.
Why is the word for 'bathers' masculine (los bañistas) if it ends in '-a'?
Spanish nouns ending in -ista (like turista or artista) use the exact same word for both men and women. You just change the article to match the person. Here, los bañistas refers to a group of men or a mixed-gender group.
Why does the sentence use al vestuario instead of just el vestuario?
Unlike in English where you 'enter a room' directly, the Spanish verb entrar requires a preposition before the destination, usually a or en. Here, a combines with the masculine article el to form the contraction al.
Why is it descalzos instead of an adverb describing how they enter?
In Spanish, words describing a temporary physical state like being barefoot (descalzo) act as adjectives modifying the people, not adverbs modifying the action. Because it describes the masculine plural los bañistas, it must agree and become descalzos.

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