nadar

See also: Nadar, nàdar, and ñadar

Aragonese

Etymology

Akin to Spanish nadar, from Latin natare.

Verb

nadar

1. to swim

Conjugation

Conjugation of nadar (first conjugation)

infinitive			nadar
gerund			nadando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		nadau, nadato		nadada, nadata
		plural		nadaus, nadatos		nadadas, nadatas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	busatros busatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	nado	nadas	nada	nadamos	nadaz	nadan
	imperfect	nadaba, nadabe	nadabas	nadaba	nadabanos	nadabaz	nadaban
	preterite	nadé	nadés	nadó	nademos	nadez	nadoron, nadón
	future	nadaré	nadarás	nadará	nadaremos	nadarez	nadarán
	conditional	nadaría	nadarías	nadaría	nadaríanos	nadaríaz	nadarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	busatros busatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	nade	nades	nade	nademos	nadez	naden
	imperfect	nadase	nadases	nadase	nadasenos	nadasez	nadasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	busatros busatras	—
		—	nada	—	—	nadaz	—

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “nadar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñadar

Etymology

From Latin natāre, present active infinitive of natō.

Verb

nadar (first-person singular indicative present nado, past participle nadáu)

1. to swim

Conjugation

Conjugation of nadar

infinitive		nadar
gerund		nadando
past participle		m nadáu, f nadada, n nadao, m pl nadaos, f pl nadaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	nado	nades	nada	nadamos	nadáis	naden
	imperfect	nadaba	nadabes	nadaba	nadábemos, nadábamos	nadabeis, nadabais	nadaben
	preterite	nadé	nadasti, nadesti	nadó	nademos	nadastis, nadestis	nadaron
	pluperfect	nadare, nadara	nadares, nadaras	nadare, nadara	nadáremos, nadáramos	nadareis, nadarais	nadaren, nadaran
	future	nadaré	nadarás	nadará	nadaremos	nadaréis	nadarán
	conditional	nadaría	nadaríes	nadaría	nadaríemos, nadaríamos	nadaríeis, nadaríais	nadaríen
subjunctive	present	nade	nades, nadas	nade	nademos	nadéis	naden, nadan
	imperfect	nadare, nadara	nadares, nadaras	nadare, nadara	nadáremos, nadáramos	nadareis, nadarais	nadaren, nadaran
imperative		—	nada	—	—	nadái	—

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /nəˈda/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /naˈdaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

nadar (first-person singular present nado, past participle nadat)

1. (Western Catalan) Alternative form of nedar

Conjugation

Conjugation of nadar (first conjugation)

infinitive			nadar
present participle			nadant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		nadat		nadada
		plural		nadats		nadades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	nado	nades	nada	nadem	nadeu	naden
	imperfect	nadava	nadaves	nadava	nadàvem	nadàveu	nadaven
	future	nadaré	nadaràs	nadarà	nadarem	nadareu	nadaran
	preterite	nadí	nadares	nadà	nadàrem	nadàreu	nadaren
	conditional	nadaria	nadaries	nadaria	nadaríem	nadaríeu	nadarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	nadi	nadis	nadi	nadem	nadeu	nadin
	imperfect	nadés	nadessis	nadés	nadéssim	nadéssiu	nadessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	nada	nadi	nadem	nadeu	nadin

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Dutch

typical nadars, seen from the side before employment

Etymology

Named after Nadar, pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, French cartoonist and balloonist. Cf. Belgian French barrière Nadar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.dɑr/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: na‧dar

Noun

nadar m (plural nadars, diminutive nadarke n)

1. (Belgium) crush barrier

Synonyms

• nadarafsluiting, nadarhek
• dranghek

References

• [1]

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Galician

Alternative forms

• danar

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese nadar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin natāre, present active infinitive of natō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naˈðaɾ]

Verb

nadar (first-person singular present nado, first-person singular preterite nadei, past participle nadado)

1. to swim
   • c1300,

     Et aquela ymagéé Neptuno tyña em hũa mão hũ [çeptro] em lugar de señorio, et em çima do ceptro tres varas em lugar de tres poderes proprios quea agoa ha; que corre, et se nada ao quea quer nadar, et podese beber

     And that figure of Neptune had a scepter in the hand, as show of lordship, and atop the scepter three rods for the three characteristic powers that water has: that it runs, and that it can be swum by whomever wants to swim in it, and it can be drunk

2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of nadar
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of nadar

Conjugation

Conjugation of nadar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vos	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	nadar
personal	nadar	nadares	nadar	nadarmos	nadardes	nadaren
Gerund
	nadando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	nadado			nadados
feminine	nadada			nadadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vos	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	nado	nadas	nada	nadamos	nadades	nadan
imperfect	nadaba	nadabas	nadaba	nadabamos	nadabades	nadaban
preterite	nadei	nadaches	nadou	nadamos	nadastes	nadaron
pluperfect	nadara	nadaras	nadara	nadaramos	nadarades	nadaran
future	nadarei	nadarás	nadará	nadaremos	nadaredes	nadarán
conditional	nadaría	nadarías	nadaría	nadariamos	nadariades	nadarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vos	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	nade	nades	nade	nademos	nadedes	naden
preterite	nadase	nadases	nadase	nadásemos	nadásedes	nadasen
future	nadar	nadares	nadar	nadarmos	nadardes	nadaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vos	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	nada	nade	nademos	nadade	naden
negative	–	nades	nade	nademos	nadedes	naden

References

• “nadar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “nadar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “nadar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “nadar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nadar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin natāre, present active infinitive of natō.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

nadar

1. to swim

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Standard Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		nadar			aver nadat
gerund		nadant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		nadat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	nadi	nadas	nada	nadam	nadatz	nadan
	imperfect	nadavi	nadavas	nadava	nadàvem	nadàvetz	nadavan
	preterite	nadèri	nadères	nadèt	nadèrem	nadèretz	nadèron
	future	nadarai	nadaràs	nadarà	nadarem	nadaretz	nadaràn
	conditional	nadariái	nadariás	nadariá	nadariam	nadariatz	nadarián
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	nade	nades	nade	nadem	nadetz	naden
	imperfect	nadèssi	nadèsses	nadèsse	nadèssem	nadèssetz	nadèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			nada		nadem	nadatz

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		nadar			aver nadat
gerund		nadant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		nadat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	nade	nades	nada	nadam	nadatz	nadon
	imperfect	nadave	nadaves	nadava	nadaviam	nadaviatz	nadavon
	preterite	nadere	naderes	nadet	nadem	nadetz	naderon
	future	nadarai	nadaràs	nadará	nadarem	nadaretz	nadarán
	conditional	nadariá	nadariás	nadariá	nadariam	nadariatz	nadarián
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	nade	nades	nade	nadassiam	nadassiatz	nadon
	imperfect	nadesse	nadesses	nadesse	nadessiam	nadessiatz	nadesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			nada		nadassiam	nadatz

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		nadar			aver nadat
gerund		nadant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		nadat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	nadi	nadas	nada	nadam	nadatz	nadan
	imperfect	nadavi	nadavas	nadava	nadàvam	nadàvatz	nadavan
	preterite	nadèi	nadès	nadè	nadèm	nadètz	nadèn
	future	nadarèi	nadaràs	nadarà	nadaram	nadaratz	nadaràn
	conditional	nadarí	nadarés	nadaré	nadarem	nadaretz	nadarén
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	nadi	nades	nade	nadem	nadetz	naden
	imperfect	nadèssi	nadèsses	nadèsse	nadèssem	nadèssetz	nadèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			nada		nadem	nadatz

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		nadar			aver nadat
gerund		nadant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		nadat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	nade	nadas	nada	nadam	nadatz	nadan
	imperfect	nadava	nadavas	nadava	nadàvam	nadàvatz	nadavan
	preterite	nadei	naderas	nadet	nadèram	nadèratz	naderan
	future	nadarai	nadaràs	nadará	nadarem	nadaretz	nadarán
	conditional	nadariá	nadariàs	nadariá	nadariam	nadariatz	nadarián
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	nade	nades	nade	nadem	nadetz	naden
	imperfect	nadèsse	nadèsses	nadèsse	nadèssem	nadèssetz	nadèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			nada		nadem	nadatz

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		nadar			aver nadat
gerund		nadant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		nadat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	nade	nades	nada	nadam	nadatz	nadan
	imperfect	nadavi	nadavas	nadava	nadàvem	nadàvetz	nadavan
	preterite	nadère	nadères	nadèt	naderiam	naderiatz	nadèron
	future	nadarai	nadaràs	nadarà	nadarem	nadaretz	nadaràn
	conditional	nadariáu	nadariás	nadariá	nadariam	nadariatz	nadarián
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	nade	nades	nade	nadem	nadetz	nadan
	imperfect	nadèsse	nadèsses	nadèsse	nadessiam	nadessiatz	nadèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			nada		nadem	nadatz

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 669.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin natāre, present active infinitive of natō.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐ.ˈðaɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /na.ˈda(ʁ)/, [n̪ɐ.ˈd̪ä(χ)]

Verb

nadar (first-person singular present indicative nado, past participle nadado)

1. to swim

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb nadar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	nadar
Personal	nadar	nadares	nadar	nadarmos	nadardes	nadarem
Gerund
	nadando
Past participle
Masculine	nadado			nadados
Feminine	nadada			nadadas
Indicative
Present	nado	nadas	nada	nadamos	nadais	nadam
Imperfect	nadava	nadavas	nadava	nadávamos	nadáveis	nadavam
Preterite	nadei	nadaste	nadou	nadamos nadámos	nadastes	nadaram
Pluperfect	nadara	nadaras	nadara	nadáramos	nadáreis	nadaram
Future	nadarei	nadarás	nadará	nadaremos	nadareis	nadarão
Conditional
	nadaria	nadarias	nadaria	nadaríamos	nadaríeis	nadariam
Subjunctive
Present	nade	nades	nade	nademos	nadeis	nadem
Imperfect	nadasse	nadasses	nadasse	nadássemos	nadásseis	nadassem
Future	nadar	nadares	nadar	nadarmos	nadardes	nadarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	nada	nade	nademos	nadai	nadem
Negative (não)	-	nades	nade	nademos	nadeis	nadem

Derived terms

• nado

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin natāre, present active infinitive of natō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈdaɾ/, [naˈð̞aɾ]

• Audio

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Verb

nadar (first-person singular present nado, first-person singular preterite nadé, past participle nadado)

1. (intransitive) to swim
2. (intransitive) to be swimming in (used with "en")

   ¡Nadamos en dinero!

   We're swimming in money!

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nadar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			nadar
gerund			nadando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		nadado		nadada
		plural		nadados		nadadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	nado	nadastú nadásvos	nada	nadamos	nadáis	nadan
	imperfect	nadaba	nadabas	nadaba	nadábamos	nadabais	nadaban
	preterite	nadé	nadaste	nadó	nadamos	nadasteis	nadaron
	future	nadaré	nadarás	nadará	nadaremos	nadaréis	nadarán
	conditional	nadaría	nadarías	nadaría	nadaríamos	nadaríais	nadarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	nade	nadestú nadésvos2	nade	nademos	nadéis	naden
	imperfect (ra)	nadara	nadaras	nadara	nadáramos	nadarais	nadaran
	imperfect (se)	nadase	nadases	nadase	nadásemos	nadaseis	nadasen
	future1	nadare	nadares	nadare	nadáremos	nadareis	nadaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		nadatú nadávos	nade	nademos	nadad	naden
	negative		no nades	no nade	no nademos	no nadéis	no naden

¹Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of nadar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive nadar
	dative	nadarme	nadarte	nadarle, nadarse	nadarnos	nadaros	nadarles, nadarse
	accusative	nadarme	nadarte	nadarlo, nadarla, nadarse	nadarnos	nadaros	nadarlos, nadarlas, nadarse
with gerund nadando
	dative	nadándome	nadándote	nadándole, nadándose	nadándonos	nadándoos	nadándoles, nadándose
	accusative	nadándome	nadándote	nadándolo, nadándola, nadándose	nadándonos	nadándoos	nadándolos, nadándolas, nadándose
with informal second-person singular imperative nada
	dative	nádame	nádate	nádale	nádanos	not used	nádales
	accusative	nádame	nádate	nádalo, nádala	nádanos	not used	nádalos, nádalas
with formal second-person singular imperative nade
	dative	nádeme	not used	nádele, nádese	nádenos	not used	nádeles
	accusative	nádeme	not used	nádelo, nádela, nádese	nádenos	not used	nádelos, nádelas
with first-person plural imperative nademos
	dative	not used	nadémoste	nadémosle	nadémonos	nadémoos	nadémosles
	accusative	not used	nadémoste	nadémoslo, nadémosla	nadémonos	nadémoos	nadémoslos, nadémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative nadad
	dative	nadadme	not used	nadadle	nadadnos	nadaos	nadadles
	accusative	nadadme	not used	nadadlo, nadadla	nadadnos	nadaos	nadadlos, nadadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative naden
	dative	nádenme	not used	nádenle	nádennos	not used	nádenles, nádense
	accusative	nádenme	not used	nádenlo, nádenla	nádennos	not used	nádenlos, nádenlas, nádense

Derived terms

• nadar y tener la ropa

Related terms

• nadador
• natación
• natatorio

Further reading

• “nadar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.