La Palabra Del Dia: "nadar"
nadar ( nah-dahr' )
verb ( to swim )
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Examples:
1. Él nadó cuatro largos de la piscina esta mañana.
He swam four lengths of the pool this morning.
2. Las corrientes de retorno son peligrosas, hasta para los que saben nadar bien.
Rip currents are dangerous, even for people who know how to swim well.
17 Answers
So, tell me, what does your father do ? Nothing... (he swims)...
Generalmente, no me gusta nadar en una piscina — demasiada fría — pero hay una excepción. En Calistoga, donde hay aguas termales, hay una piscina olímpica donde el agua es perfecta.
Generally, I don't like swimming in a pool — too cold — but there is one exception. In Calistoga, where there are natural hot springs, there is an Olympic-sized pool where the water is perfect.
Después de nadar, me gusta montar mi tabla de surf.
After swimming I like to get on my surfboard.
Como parte de mi rutina de ejercicios, intento nadar tres veces por semana.
As part of my exercise routine, I try to swim three times a week.
Se dice que nadar con delfines ayuda mucho a los enfermos de siquiatrías sobre todo a los niños autistas.
It is said that to swim with dolphins helps very much psychiatry patients especially autistic children.
No sé por qué pero hoy no tengo ganas de nadar.
I don't know why but today I don't feel like swimming.
Me han dicho que a los galgos no les gusta el agua y que no saben nadar como otro perros, pero la galga que adopté hace dos meses parece disfrutar del deporte de snorkel.
I have been told that greyhounds don't like water and that they can't swim like other dogs, but the female greyhound that I adopted a couple of months ago seems to enjoy snorkeling.
It's months since I have been swimming although what I miss is diving, something which I have not done for years.
Hace meses que no voy a nadar; aunque lo que extraño es hacer clavados lo que no hago hace años.
Solemos ir a nadar los sábados, pero él no sabe nadar.
We usually go swimming on Saturday, but he can’t swim.
¿Por qué los salmones nadan contra la corriente?
Why do salmon swim against the current?
Sé como nadar, pero no nado muy bien.
I know how to swim, but I don't swim very well.
Están viviendo nadar en la abundancia.
They are living in the lap of luxury.
I like to swim when nobody is in the pool and to be the first person who cuts through the glassy calm of the water's surface.
Me gusta nadir cuando nadie está en la piscine y ser la primera persona que corta por la calma cristalina de la superficie del agua.
Una vez cuando fui de acampada a acampar con mi familia al lado de un río alimentado del deshielo de nieve, porque una cierta parte de mi anatomía no me permitió entrar al agua fría a un nivel más profundo que el de los muslos, les tuve que decir a mis sobrinos que no sabía nadar. Mi hermana se rió porque me había visto nadando horas a la de una sola vez en el océano acerca cerca de Hawái.
One time when I went camping with my family at the side of a river feed by melting snow, because a certain part of my anatomy would not let me enter the cold water to a level deeper than that of my thighs, I had to tell my nephews and nieces that I didn't know how to swim. My sister laughed because she had seen me swimming for hours at a time in the ocean near Hawaii.
La semana pasada hubo un accidente en la Isla de Felipe. Dos hombres se cayeron de un acantilado encima de rocas al lado del mar. Los servicios de emergencias vinieron pero era un lugar muy difícil alcanzar. El helicóptero no pudo llegar lo suficientemente cerca, asi que dos rescatadores en un barco se pusieron trajes isotérmicos y nadaron hacia tierra con flotadores para llevar los hombres heridos al barco.
Last week there was an accident on Phillip Island. Two men fell down a cliff onto rocks beside the sea. The emergency services came but it was a very difficult spot to reach. The helicopter could not get close enough, so two rescuers in a boat put on wetsuits and swam ashore with floats to carry the injured men to the boat.
