What does nadar in Portuguese mean?
What is the meaning of the word nadar in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use nadar in Portuguese.
The word nadar in Portuguese means swim, swim, swim, swim across, bathe in, be swimming in, nadar, nadar, nadar, ir nadar, ir nadar, deixar-se levar, nadar cachorrinho, nadar em, nadar em cardume, nadar pelado, nadar pelado, nadar crawl, nadar contra a corrente, manter a cabeça fora d'água. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word nadar
swim(flutuar e deslocar-se na água) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") |
swim
(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") |
swim(praticar natação) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") |
swim acrossverbo transitivo (atravessar a nado) (phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, not divisible--for example,"go with" [=combine nicely]: "Those red shoes don't go with my dress." NOT [S]"Those red shoes don't go my dress with."[/S]) |
bathe inverbo transitivo (estar imerso em líquido) (phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.") |
be swimming inverbo transitivo (dinheiro, bens de fortuna (ter algo em abundância) (figurative, money, material wealth) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
nadarintransitive verb (move through water) Nadei até a ilha ontem. I swam to the island yesterday. |
nadar(figurative (wealth, possessions: have plenty) (figurado, em dinheiro) (verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.) The old man was wallowing in money. |
nadarnoun (AU, slang (swim, bathe) (verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.) |
ir nadarintransitive verb (AU, slang (go for a swim) |
ir nadarverbal expression (swim as leisure activity) |
deixar-se levarverbal expression (informal, figurative (take a relaxed approach) (locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).) |
nadar cachorrinhointransitive verb (swim like a dog) (BRA, nadar) (expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.) Ian não sabe nadar ainda, mas ele nada cachorrinho. Ian can't really swim yet, but he paddles. |
nadar emphrasal verb, transitive, inseparable (informal, figurative (have in abundance) (figurativo) I grew so many potatoes that I was rolling in them. |
nadar em cardumeintransitive verb (fish: come together) The fishing is great just off the reef, where the fish like to shoal. |
nadar peladonoun (slang (swimming naked in river, etc.) (expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.) On hot summer nights we liked to go skinny dipping in the sea. |
nadar peladointransitive verb (swim naked) (expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.) |
nadar crawlverbal expression (do overarm swimming stroke) (anglicismo: nadar em estilo crawl) During a freestyle swimming race most swimmers choose to swim the crawl. |
nadar contra a correnteverbal expression (move against the current) (mover-se contra a corrente) (expressão: Para as expressões idiomáticas, ditados populares, expressões em geral. Ex. "gato escaldado tem medo de água fria"; "cara de pau".) We had to swim upstream to reach the man in distress. |
manter a cabeça fora d'águaverbal expression (keep head above water by moving limbs) (locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).) Beginners' swimming lessons include teaching students how to tread water. |
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