The best part about learning skateboarding vocabulary in Spanish is that most of the vocabulary is the same as it is in English.
The only difference for these English words that are used in Spanish - is the pronunciation.
At the beginning of this tiny article, we’ll go over how to pronounce the words correctly in Spanish, and then I’ll give you a list of the most common skateboarding words that you need to know!
Let’s get it!
Pronunciation of English Words in Spanish
When you pronounce one of these English words in Spanish, you have to take into account the accent, and difficulties that Spanish speakers have (generally) with English words.
For example - in Spanish, there are no words that start with S, they always start with E than the S. So for example we say - Strategy, while they say estrategía.
So when they say Skateboard or Skate, they pronounce them “eeskateboard” or “eeskate”. Another difference is when they say “flip” - the I will sound like the EA beach: “Fleap”.
The last notable difference is found in the Spanish R - which is rolled. So “drop in” might sound like “drrop ean”. Ready? Let's dive into this vocab!
Skateboard Vocabulary (The Board, Hardware, Etc)
English Word | Spanish Word | Pronunciation |
The board | La tabla | Tab-la |
Wheels | Las ruedas | Ru-ed-as |
Trucks | Los trucks | Tra-cks |
Screws (Hardware) | Los tornillos | Tor-ni-yos |
Nuts (Hardware) | Las tuercas | Tu-er-cas |
Griptape | La lija | Lee-ha |
Nose & Tail | Nose/Nariz & Tail | Noz/Na-ris & Te-il |
Skatepark Vocabulary (Pool, Half Pipe, Etc)
English Word | Spanish Word | Pronunciation |
Half pipe | El half | Haf |
Ramps | Las rampas | Ram-pas |
Skatepark | El skatepark | E-skate-park |
Vert | El vert | Vert |
Quarterpipe | El quarterpipe | Quarter-pipe |
Rail | La barandilla | Ba-ran-di-ya |
Stairs | La escalera | Es-ca-le-ra |
Platform | La plataforma | Pla-ta-for-ma |
Gap | El gap | Gap |
Trick Vocabulary (Kickflip, Ollie, Etc)
English Word | Spanish Word | Pronunciation |
To land a trick | Planchar un truco | Plan-char uun tru-ko |
Ollie | Oli | Ol-lie |
Frontside & Backside 180 | Fronside & Backside 180 | FS/BS Si-en-to-o-che-nta |
Flip | Flip | Fleap |
Grind | Grind | Grind |
Pop shove-it | Pop shove-it | Pope-shav-eet |
Kickflip | Kickflip | Keek-fleap |
Heelflip | Heelflip | heel-fleap |
50-50 | 50-50 | sin-cuen-ta-sin-cuen-ta |
Nollie | Nollie | No-lee |
Manual | Manual | Man-ual |
Nose manual | Nose manual | Nose Man-ual |
Tailslide | Tailslide | Tel-slide |
Frontside | Frontside | Frontside |
Backside | Backside | Beck-side |
Smith grind | Smith grind | Smeeth-grind |
Crooked grind | Crooked grind | Crookeed-grind |
Nosegrind | Nosegrind | Nose-grind |
Feeble grind | Feeble grind | Feeble-grind |
Blunt slide | Blunt slide | Blue-nt-slide |
Air | Air | Er |
Grab | Grab | Grab |
Drop-in | Drop-in | Drope-een |
Switch | Switch | Sweet-ch |
Fakie | Fakie | Fekie |
To land | Aterrizar | At-err-i-zar |
General Vocabulary (Beginner, Poser, Etc)
English Term | Spanish Term | Pronunciation |
Beginner Skateboarder | Principiante del skate | Prinsi-pan-te-del-es-kait |
To skateboard | Patinar | Pa-ti-nar |
To push (with your feet) | Empujarse | Em-pu-jar-se |
Ride a skateboard | Montar un skate | Mon-tar-uwn-es-kait |
Regular & Goofy | Regular & Goofy | Re-gu-lar & Guu-fei |
Skate spot | Spot | Spat |
Turn (your board) | Doblar | Do-blar |
Slow down/stop | Frenar | Fre-nar |
Helmet | Casco | Cas-ko |
Knee pads | Rodilleras | Ro-di-ye-ras |
Elbow pads | Coderas | Co-de-ras |
Pads/Guards | Protecciones | Pro-tex-ion-es |
Fall | Caída | Ca-ii-da |
Skater | Patinador | Pat-een-a-dor |
Skateboarding | Skateboarding | Es-kait-bord-ing |