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English
Etymology
From body + board.
Noun
bodyboard (plural bodyboards)
- A piece of foam, usually rectangular in shape, upon which one sits or lies when bodyboarding.
Translations
foam to sit or lie on when bodyboarding
Verb
bodyboard (third-person singular simple present bodyboards, present participle bodyboarding, simple past and past participle bodyboarded)
- To surf riding a bodyboard
Translations
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bodyboard.
Pronunciation
Noun
bodyboard m (uncountable)
- bodyboarding
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.