Sailboat in Portuguese
In Portuguese
o veleiro
Plural: veleiros
Definition
Definition in EnglishA boat that the wind moves along by pushing on its sails.
Definition in PortugueseBarco que anda com o vento batendo nas velas, usado pra passear ou competir.
Synonyms (English): sailing boat
Example sentences
Aprendi a velejar num veleiro pequenininho na lagoa, caí na água umas vinte vezes.
I learned to sail on a tiny sailboat on the lake — I must have fallen in twenty times.
A gente fretou um veleiro com skipper na Grécia e foi a melhor viagem da nossa vida.
We chartered a sailboat with a skipper in Greece, and it was the best holiday we've ever had.
A marina deixou a gente amarrar o veleiro no fim do píer de graça.
The marina let us moor the sailboat at the end of the pier for free.