bodyboard

English

Etymology

body +‎ board

Noun

bodyboard (plural bodyboards)

1. A piece of foam, usually rectangular in shape, upon which one sits or lies when bodyboarding.

Related terms

• bodyboarder
• bodyboarding

Translations

foam to sit or lie on when bodyboarding

• Welsh: corff-fwrdd m

Verb

bodyboard (third-person singular simple present bodyboards, present participle bodyboarding, simple past and past participle bodyboarded)

1. To surf riding a bodyboard

Translations

to ride a bodyboard

• Welsh: corff-fyrddio

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bodyboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bodiˈboɾ/ [bo.ð̞iˈβ̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

bodyboard m (uncountable)

1. bodyboarding

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.