Equipo

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “equipo”.

It’s a masculine noun meaning “team” or “equipment”.

Example sentences

Mi equipo ganó el partido.

My team won the game.

¿Dónde dejaste el equipo de camping?

Where did you leave the camping equipment?

Hacemos un buen equipo.

We make a good team.

El equipo médico atendió a los heridos.

The medical team attended to the injured.

El equipo de ventas superó sus metas.

The sales team exceeded their goals.

What links the Spanish word “equipo” and the English word “ship”?

The Spanish word “equipo” comes from French “équiper”, meaning “to equip”.

This word comes from the Old Norse word “skipa” which meant “to arrange” and was associated with the word “skip” (“ship”), which comes from the same root as English “ship”.

It makes sense that a ship would need some equipping before setting sail, and would also need a team, or an “equipo”.