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hospital ship - a ship designated for a 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)
inflatable raft (whitewater rafting) - a floating structure for travel over water, often made of rubber (bote inchable) 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. (balsa 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 or motor (bote a motor) paddle boat, pedal boat - a type of boat powered through the use of feet (bote de pedales) 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 and 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)