kayak
Spanish, noun/kaˈʝak/
kayak is spelled K-A-Y-A-K (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,450th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kayak is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “kayak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Canoa completamente cubierta con pieles que usaban los inuit en las aguas árticas para pescar”.
What does kayak mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekayak
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Canoa completamente cubierta con pieles que usaban los inuit en las aguas árticas para pescar. 2. Embarcación deportiva fabricada con materiales sintéticos siguiendo la idea original de los inuit, de hacer una canoa insumergible, liviana y muy manejable. 3. Canotaje. Competencia deportiva con tales embarcaciones.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kayak
- kayaks plural
- kayac alternative
- cayac alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kayak?
- /kaˈʝak/
- [kaˈʝak]
- [kaˈʃak]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kayak
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kayak in Spanish?
kayak appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).