swim

nadar

swim(swihm)

intransitive verb

1. (to move through water)

a. nadar

I love to swim in the lake.

Me encanta nadar en el lago.

2. (to be immersed in liquid)

a. nadar

The Thanksgiving turkey was swimming in its juices.

El pavo de Acción de Gracias nadaba en su jugo.

b. flotar

There are a bunch of mosquitoes swimming in your soda.

Hay un buen de mosquitos flotando en tu refresco.

3. (to become blurred)

a. dar vueltas

I was so tired the words on the page swam before my eyes.

Estaba tan cansado que las palabras en la página daban vueltas ante mis ojos.

transitive verb

4. (to cross by swimming)

a. cruzar a nado

She's going to try to swim the Strait of Gibraltar.

Ella va a intentar cruzar el estrecho de Gibraltar a nado.

b. nadar

I dare you to swim even one length of the pool.

Te reto a nadar aunque sea un largo de la piscina.

noun

5. (act of swimming)

a. el baño

(M)

They went for a swim in Ik Kil, a natural sinkhole in the Mayan Riviera.

Se dieron un baño en Ik Kil, un cenote en la Riviera Maya.

b. el chapuzón

(M)

Let's go for a swim before dinner.

Vamos a darnos un chapuzón antes de cenar.

swim

Noun

1. (general)

a. el baño

(M)

to go for or have a swimir a nadar, ir a darse un baño

transitive verb

2. (general)

a. nadar

to swim the Channelatravesar el Canal de la Mancha a nado

intransitive verb

3. (in water)

a. nadar

to go swimmingir a nadar

to swim across a riveratravesar un río a nado

4. (fig)

a.

to swim with the tideseguir la corriente

5. (be dizzy)

a.

my head is swimmingme da vueltas la cabeza

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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 or a bañarse

to be in the swim estar al corriente or al tanto

to keep in the swim mantenerse al día

transitive verb

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

he used to swim crawl but now he's changed to breastroke

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

intransitive verb

1 [+person, fish] nadar

I can't swim no sé nadar

to swim across a river pasar or cruzar un río a nado

we managed to swim ashore logramos llegar nadando hasta la orilla

the barriers are lethal to fish trying to swim upstream

then we swam back luego volvimos (nadando)

we shall have to swim for it tendremos que echarnos al agua; tendremos que salvarnos nadando

to go swimming ir a nadar or bañarse

to learn to swim aprender a nadar

to swim out to sea alejarse nadando de la playa

to swim under water nadar debajo del agua; bucear

the shark swam away we used to swim across the lake when we were children

to swim against the stream or tide nadar contra corriente

to swim with the stream or tide dejarse llevar por la corriente

2 (float) flotar

the meat was swimming in gravy la carne flotaba or nadaba en la salsa; her eyes were swimming with tears tenía los ojos inundados de lágrimas

some food was swimming in his cup of coffee

to be swimming in money nadar en la abundancia

3 (dizzily) (reel) [+room, head] dar vueltas

my head is swimming me estoy mareando; me da vueltas la cabeza; everything swam before my eyes todo parecía que daba vueltas ante mis ojos

he felt so hot he couldn't breathe, and the room swam