nadar
to swim
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
To move through water under your own power
Encoding Strategies:
mnemonic
visual
Nadar means to swim and sounds like nada0 turned into a verb, since when you swim there is nothing around you but open water.
nadar
to swim
To move yourself through water using your arms and legs.
Aprendí a nadar en el río de mi puebloI learned to swim in the river in my town
Nadamos hasta la boya y volvimosWe swam out to the buoy and back
to float, to drift (of an object)
When something floats on a liquid instead of sinking, as if it's swimming.
Unas hojas nadaban en la superficie de la piscinaSome leaves were floating on the surface of the pool
El corcho nada en el vinoThe cork drifts in the wine
to be rolling in, to be swimming in (of plenty)
When you have so much of something that you are surrounded by it on all sides, like you're swimming in it
Esa familia nada en la abundanciaThat family is rolling in money
La empresa nada en deudasThe company is swimming in debt