navegación
/nabeɡaˈθjon/
Boating in Spanish is navegación.
The term navegación refers to the activity of going out in a boat. If you are referring specifically to the recreational activity of taking a boat out for pleasure, paseo en barco is a very common and natural way to express it.
Meaning: The activity of going out in a boat (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
/nabeɡaˈθjon/
Did you know?
- If you use paseo en barco for a pleasure trip, you are literally saying you are taking a 'walk in a boat'.
- The word nave in navegación originally referred to a ship, but in modern Spanish, nave is most commonly used to mean a 'spaceship' or an 'industrial warehouse'.
- In Spanish, you do not 'surf' the web with a word for waves, but instead use navegar, which means to sail or navigate.
Examples in context
- Me encanta la navegaciónI love boating
- Haremos un paseo en barco por el lagoWe will take a boat ride on the lake
- Salgamos en barco este fin de semanaLet's go boating this weekend
- ¿Quieres navegar el sábado?Do you want to go boating on Saturday?
- La navegación es una actividad relajante y divertidaBoating is a relaxing and fun activity
- ¡Vamos a salir en barco y disfrutar del mar!Let's go boating and enjoy the sea!
- En México, nos encanta pasear en bote los fines de semanaIn Mexico, we love to go boating on weekends
- Ella practica la navegación cada verano.She practices boating every summer.
Example conversation
María and Mateo are talking about their weekend plans.
- MaríaMateo, ¿te gustaría ir a hacer navegación?Mateo, would you like to go boating?
- MateoSí, me parece una idea excelente.Yes, that sounds like an excellent idea.
- MaríaTengo un barco pequeño en el lago.I have a small boat on the lake.
- MateoPerfecto, entonces vamos este sábado.Perfect, then let's go this Saturday.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry navegación, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
