swimming
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The meaning (definition) of the word swimming
moving through water by kicking your arms and legs
The word swimming used in a sentence
“We went swimming every day last summer at the beach.”
How the word swimming is said around the world
| French | natation (nahtahsyawn) |
| Spanish | nadar (nahthahr) |
| Mandarin | 游泳 (yóu yǒng) |
| Hindi | तैरना (tairrnah) |
| Arabic | سباحة (seebahah) |
| Russian | плавание (plavanie) |
| Portuguese (EU) | natação (nuhtuhsuhnuun) |
| Portuguese (BR) | natação (nahtahsuhnuun) |
| Japanese | 水泳 (suiei) |
| German | Baden (bahduhn) |
| Urdu | تیراکی (tayrahkee) |
| Punjabi | ਤੈਰਾਕੀ (terahkee) |
| Korean | 수영 (suyeong) |
| Hebrew | שְׂחִיָה (skheeyah) |
| Greek | κολύμπι (kolumpi) |
| Dutch | zwemmen (zvemuhn) |
| Tagalog | paglangoy (pahglahngohy) |
| Vietnamese | bơi (bury) |
| Turkish | yüzme (yerzme) |
| Persian | شنا (shaynah) |
| Polish | pływacki (pwivahtskee) |
| Ukrainian | плавання (plavannya) |
| Bengali | সাঁতার (shahntahr) |
| Swedish | simning (simning) |
| Italian | nuoto (nuuawtoh) |
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