плавал

swam, sailed

p ɫ a v ə ɫ → плавать
плава swim; float + л past tense, masculine singular
verb · masculine singular · past indicative Uncommon #12,578
swam
RU: В детстве он часто плавал в реке.
EN: In childhood, he often swam in the river.
sailed Used about traveling by boat/ship.
RU: Летом он плавал на лодке по озеру.
EN: In the summer, he sailed in a boat on the lake.
Conjugation of плавать
Indicative past
плавалплавали

Я не плавал.

I didn't swim.

Том единственный не плавал.

Tom was the only one who didn't swim.

Том весь день плавал.

Tom swam all day.

Том вчера плавал.

Tom went swimming yesterday.

Том плавал.

Tom was swimming.

Я раньше плавал лучше Тома.

I used to swim better than Tom.

Ты плавал?

Have you been swimming?

Я не плавал в бассейне.

I didn't swim in the pool.

С кем ты плавал?

Who did you swim with?

Нет, когда я был маленьким, то плавал по реке.

No, when I was little, I used to swim in the river.

— Ночи Кабирии (1957)

В детстве я плавал каждый день.

As a child, I swam every day.

Я видел, как Том плавал.

I saw Tom swimming.

Раньше я плавал в этой реке.

I used to swim in this river.

Я бы тут не плавал.

I wouldn't swim here.

— Зачётный препод (2013)

Он плавал в озере.

He was swimming in the lake.

Ты действительно вчера три часа плавал?

Did you really swim for three hours yesterday?

Я плавал в озере.

I swam in the lake.

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