swim [swɪm] swam (past)swum (participle:past)
noun
to have a swim darse un baño; nadar; I had a lovely swim this morning me di un baño estupendo esta mañana; after a two-kilometre swim después de nadar dos kilómetros; it's a long swim back to the shore hay un buen trecho a nado hasta la playa; that was a long swim for a child eso fue mucho nadar para un niño; to go for a swim ir a nadar a bañarse;or
to be in the swim (old-fashioned) estar al corriente al tanto;or
to keep in the swim (old-fashioned) mantenerse al día
verb:transitive
1 [+stretch of water] pasar a nado; cruzar a nado
he was the first man to swim the English channel fue el primer hombre que cruzó a nado el Canal de la Mancha
2 [+length, race] nadar
he can swim two lengths puede nadar dos largos
she swam ten lengths of the pool se hizo diez largos en la piscina; to swim (the) crawl nadar a crol; before I had swum ten strokes antes de haber dado diez brazadas; she can't swim a stroke no sabe nadar en absoluto; she swam the 400 metres medley nadó los 400 metros a cuatro estilos
verb:intransitive
1 [+person, fish] nadar
I can't swim no sé nadar
to swim across a riveracross pasar cruzar un río a nado;or
we managed to swim ashoreashore logramos llegar nadando hasta la orilla
then we swam backback luego volvimos (nadando)
we shall have to swim for itfor it (informal) tendremos que echarnos al agua; tendremos que salvarnos nadando
to go swimminggo ir a nadar bañarse;or
to learn to swimlearn aprender a nadar
to swim out to seaout to alejarse nadando de la playa
to swim under waterunder nadar debajo del agua; bucear
to swim against the stream tideor nadar contra corriente
to swim with the stream tideor dejarse llevar por la corriente
