What does lancha in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word lancha in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use lancha in Spanish.

The word lancha in Spanish means boat, launch, shore boat, tender, ferry, ferryboat, slab, flat stone. To learn more, please see the details below.

Listen to pronunciation

Meaning of the word lancha

boat

nombre femenino (barca pequeña)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Una lancha de la Cruz Roja del Mar rescató a una persona que había quedado aislada por la inundación.
A boat from the Red Cross rescued a person who was isolated due to the flood.

launch, shore boat, tender

nombre femenino (bote auxiliar)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El yate estaba lejos de la orilla y nos acercamos a tierra en la lancha.
The yacht was far from the shore so we reached land in a launch (or: shore boat).

ferry, ferryboat

nombre femenino (barcaza de río)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La lancha transporta carga y pasajeros de una orilla a otra.
The ferry transports cargo and passengers from one shore to the other.

slab, flat stone

nombre femenino (piedra plana)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En el Bierzo es muy común usar lancha de pizarra para construir los tejados de las casas.
At Bierzo it's very common to use slabs (or: flat stones) to build rooftops.

Let's learn Spanish

So now that you know more about the meaning of lancha in Spanish, you can learn how to use them through selected examples and how to read them. And remember to learn the related words that we suggest. Our website is constantly updating with new words and new examples so you can look up the meanings of other words you don't know in Spanish.

Do you know about Spanish

Spanish (español), also known as Castilla, is a language of the Iberian-Romance group of the Romance languages, and the 4th most common language in the world according to Some sources, while others list it as a 2nd or 3rd most common language. It is the mother tongue of about 352 million people, and is spoken by 417 million people when adding its speakers as a language. sub (estimated in 1999). Spanish and Portuguese have very similar grammar and vocabulary; The number of similar vocabulary of these two languages is up to 89%. Spanish is the primary language of 20 countries around the world. It is estimated that the total number of speakers of Spanish is between 470 and 500 million, making it the second most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers.