nadar
Meaning
- (intransitive) to swim (support oneself and move on the surface or within a liquid, through coordinated movements of arms and legs)
- (intransitive) to swim (practice a given swimming style)
- (intransitive) to be immersed in liquid
- (intransitive) to wear very loose clothing
- (intransitive) to be exaggeratedly wide/loose
- (transitive) to travel (a given distance) moving on the surface or within a liquid
- (transitive) to possess in great abundance
Frequency
Hyphenated as
na‧dar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/naˈda(ʁ)/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin natāre.
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