Tenemos dos opciones: nos desviamos cinco millas o bien vadeamos el río.We have two options: we either take a five-mile detour or we wade across the river.

c. to wade through

Resultaba imposible vadear esas aguas tan profundas.It was impossible to wade through such deep waters.

A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g. cat, groovy).

(old-fashioned)

(to surmount)

a. to overcome

Vadeamos muchas dificultades para poder presentar nuestro proyecto.We overcame many difficulties to be able to present our project.

vadear

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (río)

a. to ford

2. (dificultad)

a. to overcome

vadear

transitive verb

1 [+río] (atravesar) to ford; (a pie) to wade across; [+agua] to wade through

2 [+dificultad] to surmount; overcome

3 [+persona] to sound out

intransitive verb

to wade

cruzar un río vadeando to wade across a river; llegar a tierra vadeando to wade ashore

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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Present:	vadeando
Past:	vadeado

Indicative

	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	vadeo	vadeé	vadeaba	vadearía	vadearé
tú	vadeas	vadeaste	vadeabas	vadearías	vadearás
él/ella/Ud.	vadea	vadeó	vadeaba	vadearía	vadeará
nosotros	vadeamos	vadeamos	vadeábamos	vadearíamos	vadearemos
vosotros	vadeáis	vadeasteis	vadeabais	vadearíais	vadearéis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	vadean	vadearon	vadeaban	vadearían	vadearán