navegante

navigator

noun nah-beh-GAHN-teh Rare

Origin: Latin navigans, present participle of navigare

Also means

sailor

Usage Note

Navegante is a common-gender noun — el navegante or la navegante — so the article, not the ending, marks grammatical gender. It describes a navigator on a ship or aircraft, and in modern usage also a web user browsing the internet (navegante de internet). The related verb is navegar (to navigate, to sail, to browse).

Examples

"El navegante trazó la ruta en el mapa."

Natural Translation

The navigator plotted the route on the map.

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