wind surfing
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w̝indˈseɾfin/ [w̝ĩn̪d̪ˈseɾ.fĩn], /ˈw̝indseɾfin/ [ˈw̝ĩn̪d̪.seɾ.fĩn], /ˈwindseɾfin/ [ˈwĩn̪d̪.seɾ.fĩn]
- Rhymes: -eɾfin, -indseɾfin
- IPA(key): /w̝indˈsoɾfin/ [w̝ĩn̪d̪ˈsoɾ.fĩn], /ˈw̝indsoɾfin/ [ˈw̝ĩn̪d̪.soɾ.fĩn], /ˈwindsoɾfin/ [ˈwĩn̪d̪.soɾ.fĩn]
- Rhymes: -oɾfin, -indsoɾfin
- IPA(key): /w̝indˈsuɾfin/ [w̝ĩn̪d̪ˈsuɾ.fĩn], /ˈw̝insuɾfin/ [ˈw̝ĩn.suɾ.fĩn], /ˌw̝ind suɾˈfinɡ/ [ˌw̝ĩn̪d̪ suɾˈfĩŋɡ]
- Syllabification: wind sur‧fing
Noun
- alternative spelling of windsurfing
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- “wind surfing”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- windsurfing, wind surfing | Diccionario del estudiante | RAE
- Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “wind surfing”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]