a nado

by swimming

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by swimming Used to say that something is done using swimming as the means of travel.
SP: Llegamos a la isla a nado.
EN: We got to the island by swimming.

Ann cruzó el río a nado.

Ann swam across the river.

A nado y el agua estaba helada.

I swam and the water was freezing.

— Astérix y Obélix: Misión Cleopatra (2002)

Pude cruzar a nado el Canal de la Mancha.

I was able to swim across the English Channel.