a nadar

to swim

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phrase Common #3,730
to swim Often follows verbs such as ir or aprender.
SP: Vamos a nadar después de comer.
EN: We're going to swim after eating.

¡No, tranquila Mabel, me va a enseñar a nadar!

No, don't worry, Mabel, he's going to teach me how to swim!

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

¿Va Tom a nadar?

Is Tom going swimming?

¿Cuántas veces vas a la playa a nadar en el verano?

How many times do you go to the beach to swim in the summer?

No enseñes a los peces a nadar.

Don't teach fish how to swim.

Has venido aquí a nadar, ¿verdad?

You came here to swim, right?

¿Esta tarde prefieres ir a navegar o a nadar?

Would you rather go sailing or swimming this afternoon?

Para aprender a nadar tengo que meterme en el agua, si no, no aprendo nada.

To learn how to swim, I have to get in the water; otherwise, I won't learn anything.

Estamos aprendiendo a nadar.

We are learning to swim.

Vení a nadar conmigo.

Come swim with me.

A menudo voy a la playa a nadar en el verano.

I often go to the beach to swim in the summer.

No les enseño a nadar.

I don't teach them how to swim.

Cuando empiece usted a nadar, hágalo así.

When you start swimming, do it like this.

Fuimos a la playa a nadar.

We went to the beach to swim.

¿Puedo irme a nadar?

Can I go swimming?

Aprendí pronto a nadar.

I learned to swim early.

Tom no ha ido a nadar en mucho tiempo.

Tom hasn't gone swimming in a long time.

Tom y yo vamos juntos a nadar tres veces a la semana.

Tom and I go swimming together three times a week.

A nadar.

To swim.

— Picnic (1955)

Si hoy te portas bien, la próxima te acompaño a nadar y bucear, ¿sí?

If you behave today, I'll go swimming and diving with you next time, okay?

— El gran diluvio (2025)

Mamá, ¿puedo irme a nadar?

Mom, can I go swimming?

Enseñó a su hijo a nadar.

He taught his son to swim.

No te ahogarás si aprendes a nadar.

You won't drown if you learn to swim.

Tom le tenía miedo a nadar.

Tom was afraid of swimming.

Te llevaré a nadar.

I'll take you swimming.

Voy al mar, a nadar.

I'm going to the sea to swim.

— Игла (1989)

Les estoy enseñando a nadar.

I’m teaching them how to swim.

Le enseñé a Tomás a nadar.

I taught Tomás how to swim.

¡Dijiste que iríamos a nadar!

You said we were going swimming!

— El gran diluvio (2025)

Lleva a Tom a nadar.

Take Tom swimming.

Tom persuadió a Mary de que no fuera a nadar sola.

Tom persuaded Mary not to go swimming alone.

No tienes edad suficiente para ir sola a nadar.

You are not old enough to go swimming alone.

Acostumbraba a nadar todos los días cuando era pequeño.

He used to swim every day when he was little.

Yo fui a nadar al lago con Hiroko.

I went swimming in the lake with Hiroko.

Dijiste que todo fue mentira, pero sí me enseñaste a nadar, ¿verdad?

You said it was all a lie, but you did teach me how to swim, right?

— Chainsaw Man – La película: Arco de Reze (2025)

Cuando yo era un niño, iba muy seguido a nadar al mar.

When I was a child, I used to go swimming in the sea very often.

En cuanto llegamos al lago nos pusimos a nadar.

As soon as we got to the lake we started swimming.

¿Dónde aprendiste a nadar?

Where did you learn to swim?

Si te portas bien en el médico, te llevaré a nadar después.

If you behave at the doctor’s, I’ll take you swimming afterward.

Estamos a punto de irnos a nadar.

We're about to go swimming.

Ven a nadar conmigo.

Come swim with me.

Si estamos cansados, podemos ir a casa de Gi a nadar.

If we're tired, we can go to Gi's house to swim.

— Hoy Quiero Volver Solito (2014)

No debiste enseñarme a nadar.

You shouldn't have taught me to swim.

— Chainsaw Man – La película: Arco de Reze (2025)

¿Me enseñarás a nadar?

Will you teach me to swim?

Le enseñé a nadar.

I taught him to swim.