How to Say "to sail" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “to sail” is “navegar” — A2 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
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moving through water in a boat or ship
Examples
Me encanta navegar por el mar Caribe.
I love to sail through the Caribbean sea.
Los antiguos vikingos sabían navegar usando las estrellas.
The ancient Vikings knew how to navigate using the stars.
The 'G' to 'GU' Spelling Change
In the 'I' form of the simple past (navegué), we add a 'u' after the 'g'. This is just to make sure the 'g' keeps sounding like the 'g' in 'game' instead of changing to an 'h' sound.
Spelling in the Past
Mistake: “yo navegé”
Correction: yo navegué. Without the 'u', the word would sound like 'na-veh-HEH' instead of 'na-veh-GEH'.
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