Planes · Aviones
11 Spanish words — each with a picture, audio and an example sentence. Up in the sky.
| Picture | English | Spanish · Español | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | airplane | el avión | Plural drops the accent mark: aviones. |
 | fighter jet | el caza | ⚠️ GenderMasculine despite the -a: el caza. From cazar (to hunt) — la caza means hunting. |
 | pilot | el piloto | Common gender — the form doesn't change: el piloto / la piloto. |
 | wing | el ala | ⚠️ GenderFeminine — takes el only because of the stressed a-: el ala, but las alas. |
 | engine | el motor | One word for both 'engine' and 'motor': el motor; plural motores. |
 | to take off | despegar | Literally 'to un-stick' — the opposite of pegar (to glue); takeoff = el despegue. |
 | to land | aterrizar | 🔗 Word familyla tierra (land, earth). |
 | cockpit | la cabina | Also a phone booth (cabina telefónica); the full term is cabina de mando. |
 | helicopter | el helicóptero | Stress on -có-: helicóptero; from Greek 'spiral wing'. |
 | bomb | la bomba | Also means 'pump': bomba de agua. 🌎 RegionIn Spain pasarlo bomba = to have a blast. |
 | radar | el radar | Stressed on the last syllable — raDAR, not RAdar; plural radares. |