Useful surfing vocabulary translated for you!

Tuesday, 8th June 2010

Learn these essential words and phrases and your surfing instructor will have you catching your first wave in no time at all...

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French

To catch a wave	prendre une vague
Surfboard	la planche de surf
Wetsuit	la combinaison de surf
Wave	la vague
To ‘wipe out’	tomber, glisser
Tube	le tube
To paddle	ramer, pagayer
To stand up	se mettre debout
Current	le courant
To swim	nager

Spanish

To catch a wave	coger una ola
Surfboard	la tabla de surf
Wetsuit	el traje de surf
Wave	la ola
To ‘wipe out’	caerse (de la tabla)
Tube	el tubo
To paddle	remar
To stand up	ponerse de pie, levantarse
Current	la corriente
To swim	nadar

Portuguese

To catch a wave	pegar uma onda
Surfboard	a prancha de surfe
Wetsuit	a roupa de mergulho
Wave	a onda
To ‘wipe out’	tombar-se da prancha
Tube	o tubo
To paddle	remar
To stand up	levantar-se
Current	a corrente
To swim	nadar

Tags: surfing, french, spanish, english

Posted by Laura Lippert 2010-06 under Vocabulary,
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