hospital ship – a ship designated for primary function as a medical treatment facility or hospital (barco hospital)
houseboat - boat on which people live (casa flotante)
hovercraft - vehicle which is propelled over land or water by means of powerful fans which blow downward from the vehicle (aerodeslizador)
hydrofoil - boat equipped with a structure that serves to increase speed by lifting the hull above the water (hidrodeslizador)
hydroplane racing boat - light motorboat designed to skim above the water at high speeds with only the rear part of its hull touching the water (lancha de carreras)
icebreaker - boat used to make a passage through ice (rompehielos)
jet ski - a small self-propelled vehicle for one person resembling a scooter, which skims across water on a flat keel, and is steered by means of handlebars (moto acuática)
junk - flat-bottomed Chinese sailing ship with square sails (junco, velero chino)
life raft – a boat designed to save the lives of people in an emergency at sea. (bote salvavidas)
motor yachts – comfortable boats with motors owned by the rich used for leisure purposes (yate con motor)
motor boat – boat that runs by an engine and motor (bote a motor)
paddle boat , pedal boat - a type of boat powered through the use of feet (bote de pedales)
inflatable raft (whitewater rafting) – a floating structure for travel over water, often made of rubber (bote inchable)
riverboat - boat used for travelling on rivers (embarcación de río)
row boat – a small boat propelled using the motion of oars in the water. (bote de remos)
sailing boat - boat that is propelled by means of a sail or sails (bote de vela)
sailing yacht - comfortable boats with sails owned by the rich used for leisure purposes (yate de vela)
schooner - large sailing ship with two or more masts and fore-and-aft sails on each mast (goleta)
ship of the line – an extremely large type of naval warship with a lot of cannons and broadside gun ports constructed from the 17th century through the mid-19th century (buque de guerra)
shipwreck - remains of a destroyed ship (naufragio, hundimiento)
submarine - ship that travels under water (submarino)
supertanker - very large tanker ship which usually carries fuel, petroleum, etc. (superpetrolero)
trireme - ancient warship with three rows of oars on each side (trirreme)
tugboat - small strong boat which tows ships (remolcador)
viking longship - ships primarily used by the Scandinavian Vikings and the Saxons to raid coastal and inland settlements during the European Middle Ages. (draka, dragón vikingo)
windsurfer - a board equipped with a sail (tabla de windsurf)
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