skateboard
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"Skateboard" is a noun which is often translated as "el monopatín", and "PlayStation" is a proper noun which is often translated as "PlayStation®". Learn more about the difference between "skateboard" and "PlayStation" below.

skateboard(

skeyt

bord

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (sports)

a. el monopatín

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

I like to ride my skateboard every weekend.Me gusta andar en mi monopatín todos los fines de semana.

b. la patineta

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

I fell from the skateboard and broke my arm.Me caí de la patineta y me rompí el brazo.

c. el skate

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

He got a new skateboard for his birthday.Le regalaron un skate nuevo para su cumpleaños.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

2. (sport)

a. andar en monopatín

Tony Hawk has been skateboarding since he was ten years old.Tony Hawk ha andando en monopatín desde que tenía diez años.

b. andar en patineta

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

They usually go to the park after school to skateboard.Ellos suelen ir al parque después de la escuela para andar en patineta.

c. andar en skate