nave
Spanish, noun/ˈnabe/
nave is spelled N-A-V-E (4 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,313th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nave is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ship, vessel (with a concave hull)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vehículo construido de tal manera de ser capaz de flotar sobre las aguas para servir a la navegación y, en…”.
What does nave mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineship, vessel (with a concave hull)
- 2
feminineellipsis of nave espacial (“craft, spaceship, spacecraft”) or nave estelar (“starship”)
- 3
femininenave, aisle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vehículo construido de tal manera de ser capaz de flotar sobre las aguas para servir a la navegación y, en particular, aquel que no porta remos, impulsándose a vela. 2. Espacio delimitado por una hilera de arcos o pilares dentro de una construcción de gran porte. 3. Vehículo de cuatro ruedas propulsado por un motor de combustión interna destinado al transporte individual o familiar.
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 nave
- naves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nave?
- /ˈnabe/
- [ˈna.β̞e]
- [ˈnaβ̞e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nave in Spanish?
nave appears 25 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).