el
masculine
/estɾiˈβoɾ/
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Translation
starboard
Word origin
From Old English steorbord ('steer side'), the side on which a ship was steered, borrowed into Spanish through French. The same root gives English 'starboard'.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Root
- steorbord
- English cognates
- starboard
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralestribores
Examples
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The captain ordered a turn to starboard.
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To starboard you could see the coast in the distance.
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The lighthouse was right to the starboard side of the ship.
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Do you see that island over on the starboard side?
marineros cubierta .
The sailors were working on the starboard deck.
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