How to Say “Sailing” in Spanish

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navegación
/nabeɡaˈθjon/
The Spanish word for the English noun sailing is navegación.
Navegación refers to the skill required to operate a vessel or the act of navigating. In English, "sailing" often implies using wind-powered vessels, but navegación is used more broadly to cover the general act of navigation. For the related verb "to sail" or "to navigate", use navegar. If you are talking specifically about traveling by a sailing ship, you might use the adjective velerista. Relevant nautical terms include mástil for "mast" and timón for "rudder".
Meaning: skill to operate a vessel (noun)

Related words

Travelling by ship (adj): velerista.

How does it change in a sentence?

Navegación is a feminine noun.

How do you pronounce it?

/nabeɡaˈθjon/

Did you know?

  • The word navegación is used in Spanish to describe the act of browsing the internet, using the verb navegar to 'surf' or 'sail' through web pages.
  • Spanish distinguishes between navegar (to navigate/sail) and zarpar (to set sail), the latter specifically describing the moment a vessel leaves the port.
  • The root of navegar is the Latin 'navis', meaning 'ship', which is the same ancestor for the English word 'navy'.

Examples in context

  • Me encanta navegar en el mar.
    I love sailing on the sea.
  • ¿Te gusta practicar la vela?
    Do you enjoy sailing?
  • El capitán planea hacer una travesía en velero por el Caribe.
    The captain plans to sail the Caribbean on a sailing journey.
  • Mañana vamos a tomar un paseo en barco por la costa.
    Tomorrow we're going for a sail along the coast.
  • La navegación requiere mucha práctica.
    Sailing requires a lot of practice.
  • Él tiene mucha experiencia en la navegación.
    He has a lot of experience in sailing.
  • La navegación en mar abierto es difícil.
    Sailing in the open sea is difficult.

Example conversation

Mateo and Sofía are talking about their hobbies.

  1. Mateo

    Sofía, ¿te gusta la navegación?
    Sofía, do you like sailing?
  2. Sofía

    Sí, Mateo, es mi actividad favorita.
    Yes, Mateo, it is my favorite activity.
  3. Mateo

    Yo quiero estudiar navegación este verano.
    I want to study sailing this summer.
  4. Sofía

    Es una habilidad muy útil.
    It is a very useful skill.

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