bongo

English: bungo


balsa

→ English: balsa
→ Irish: balsa

→ Portuguese: balsa

→ Tagalog: balsa

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?].


nave

Inherited from Old Spanish naf, naue, from Latin nāvem, nāvis, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Cognate with English nave, navigate, and navy.

craft, spaceship, spacecraft (ellipsis of nave espacial), starship (ellipsis of nave estelar)


barca

Inherited from Old Spanish barca, from Late Latin barca, probably from Latin baris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris), itself probably from Egyptian bꜣjr (“transport ship, type of fish”), b-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1


yate

Borrowed from English yacht, from Dutch jacht.


bote

→ Cebuano: bote

Borrowed from Middle English bot, from Old English bāt (“boat”).


barco

→ Catalan: barco

→ Cebuano: barko

→ Morelos Nahuatl: barko

→ Tagalog: barko


canoa

→ Asturian: canoa

→ Catalan: canoa

→ Dutch: kano

desctree

→ English: canoe
→ German: Kanu
→ Irish: canú

→ Middle French: canoe

French: canoë, canoé

→ Galician: canoa

→ Huichol: canuva

→ Italian: canoa

→ Portuguese: canoa

→ Hunsrik: Kanoh

→ Russian: кано́э (kanóe)

→ San Juan Colorado Mixtec: canuva

→ Ye'kwana: kanowa


buque

Borrowed from French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, hull, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”).

der

El día en que lo iban a matar, Santiago Nasar se levantó as las 5.30 de la mañana para esperar el buque en que llegaba el obispo.

1981, Gabriel García Márquez, Crónica de una muerte anunciada:


galera

From galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).


crucero

From cruz + -ero. Compare Portuguese cruzeiro, Galician cruceiro. Doublet of cruzeiro.

Los cruceros aportan el 4% de visitantes de la ciudad y un 13% de la recaudación de la tasa turística, añade como recado al gobierno de Jaume Collboni, aunque también ofrece a CLIA para “colaborar con Barcelona” si el sector provoca alguna congestión.

2023 December 4, Clara Blanchar, Dani Cordero, “Barcelona supera este año los tres millones de cruceristas, y aumentan solo los que hacen escala”, in El País:

Cruise ships bring 4% of visitors to the city and 13% of the tourist tax revenue, he adds as a message to Jaume Collboni's government, although he also offers CLIA to "collaborate with Barcelona" if the sector causes any congestion.

cruise ship, cruiser (a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience)


chalupa

→ English: chalupa

Borrowed from French chaloupe, from Old French eschalope (“shell”).

(nautical) shallop, sloop, launch (a kind of longboat)


submarino

es-adj

submarino (feminine submarina, masculine plural submarinos, feminine plural submarinas)

submarina (feminine)
submarinos (masculine plural)
submarinas (feminine plural)


portaaviones

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + aviones (“airplanes”).


golondrina

→ San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: colondrina

Inherited from Old Spanish golondrina, from Latin hirundine, with metathesis. Compare Portuguese andorinha.

(nautical) type of tourist boat found mostly in Barcelona


lancha

Borrowed from Portuguese lancha, from Malay lancar (“quick, nimble”).


transbordador

es-noun

transbordador m (plural transbordadores)

[t̪ɾãnz.β̞oɾ.ð̞aˈð̞oɾ]


trirreme

trirreme m or f same meaning (plural trirremes)

trirreme m or f same meaning (canonical)
trirremes (plural)


piragua

(Puerto Rico, cooking) piragua (frozen dessert)


transatlántico

transatlántico m (plural transatlánticos)


galeón

English: galleon

Augmentative form of galea, obsolete form of galera, "galley".

galleon (a large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks)


patache

→ Catalan: patatxo

→ English: patache

→ French: patache

→ Italian: petaccio

Uncertain; perhaps from Arabic بَطَّاش (baṭṭāš).

bor

Arabic بَطَّاش (baṭṭāš)


patrullero

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines


trainera

Cuando la trainera volvió a tierra, las olas se aplacaron, como si el mismo Océano que jamás perdona, se sintiera enternecido.

When the trawler returned to land, the waves subsided, as if the same ocean that never forgives, felt tender.


patera

small boat or dinghy (especially one used by illegal immigration to cross the Mediterranean Sea)


buque cisterna

es-noun

buque cisterna m (plural buques cisternas)


aerodeslizador

aerodeslizador m (plural aerodeslizadores)

Mi aerodeslizador está lleno de anguilas.


carabela

Borrowed from Portuguese caravela or Galician caravela, diminutive of cáravo or cárabo, from Byzantine Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “light ship, horned beetle”).

der

(nautical, historical) caravel (a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration)


tartana

(colloquial) rust bucket; old banger; jalopy


acal

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ācalli (“boat, canoe”), from ātl (“water”) + calli (“structure”).


pesquero

es-adj

pesquero (feminine pesquera, masculine plural pesqueros, feminine plural pesqueras)

pesquera (feminine)
pesqueros (masculine plural)
pesqueras (feminine plural)


remolcador

es-noun

remolcador m (plural remolcadores, feminine remolcadora, feminine plural remolcadoras)

remolcadores (plural)
remolcadora (feminine)
remolcadoras (feminine plural)


góndola

Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetian góndoła, from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, literally “little tail”).


negrero

es-noun

negrero m (plural negreros, feminine negrera, feminine plural negreras)

negreros (plural)
negrera (feminine)
negreras (feminine plural)

From negro (black) + -ero. Compare Portuguese negreiro, Galician negreiro, Italian negriero, French négrier.


chalana

→ Catalan: xalana

→ Portuguese: chalana


cúter

(nautical) cutter (a type of small, single-masted ship)


zódiac

From the company Zodiac Marine & Pool, which makes such boats.

Hasta se desplazó una embarcación tipo zódiac que no llegó a emplearse porque el único riachuelo de la zona, el Jerga, baja seco desde la primavera.

2015 September 15, “La caza del asesino del Camino de Santiago, retransmitida en directo”, in El País:


cañonero

Radamel Falcao, cañonero de Colombia en las eliminatorias del Mundial de Brasil, confía en recobrar su alto nivel en el inminente regreso a Mónaco de Francia luego del fallido paso por Chelsea de Inglaterra.

2016 May 25, “Confía Falcao recobrar nivel en inminente regreso a Mónaco”, in Frontera.info:


fletero

es-adj

fletero (feminine fletera, masculine plural fleteros, feminine plural fleteras)

fletera (feminine)
fleteros (masculine plural)
fleteras (feminine plural)

(of animals) (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras) draught (used to carry loads or haul cargo)


fletero

(Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras) draught animal

(Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Boliva, Chile) stevedore, dockworker


jabeque

From Arabic شَبَّاك (šabbāk, “fishing boat; small warship”).


buque de guerra

es-noun

buque de guerra m (plural buques de guerra)


balandra

Borrowed from French bélandre, from Dutch bijlander (literally “by-lander”).


trajinera

→ English: trajinera

(Mexico) a type of small colourful boat maneuvered with a pole


lanchón

[lãnʲˈt͡ʃõn]


portaaeronaves

portaaeronaves m (plural portaaeronaves)

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + aeronaves (“aircraft”).


dogre

dogger (a two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch)


barco pesquero

es-noun

barco pesquero m (plural barcos pesqueros)


fragata de guerra

fragata de guerra f (plural fragatas de guerra)


cascarón de nuez

cascarón de nuez m (plural cascarones de nuez)


buque mercante

buque mercante m (plural buques mercantes)