nadar
Spanish, verb/naˈdaɾ/
nadar is spelled N-A-D-A-R (5 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,117th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nadar is a Spanish verb meaning “to swim (move through water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desplazarse en el agua u otro líquido por los propios medios, impulsándose por desplazamiento del medio…”.
What does nadar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to swim (move through water)
- 2
to be swimming in
¡Nadamos en dinero!
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Desplazarse en el agua u otro líquido por los propios medios, impulsándose por desplazamiento del medio fluido. 2. Por extensión, flotar en un medio líquido. 3. Practicar la natación (o cualquier otro deporte acuático afín) o participar en competencias de esta disciplina.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nadar
- nado first-person present singular
- nadé first-person preterite singular
- nadado participle past
- nadando gerund
- nadada feminine participle past
- nadados masculine participle past
- nadadas feminine participle past
- nadas indicative informal present
- nadás indicative informal present
- nada indicative present singular
- nadamos first-person indicative plural
- nadáis indicative plural present
- nadan indicative plural present
- nadaba first-person imperfect indicative
- nadabas imperfect indicative second-person
- nadábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- nadabais imperfect indicative plural
- nadaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nadar?
- /naˈdaɾ/
- [naˈð̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nadar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nadar in Spanish?
nadar appears 6.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).