Significado de swim en inglés
swimswim1 /swɪm/ verb (past tense swam /swæm/, past participle swum /swʌm/, present participle swimming) 
Ver todas las traducciones1move through water [intransitive, transitive] to move yourself through water using your arms and legsmoverse por el agua usando los brazos y las piernasswim in
We swam in the chilly water.Nadamos en el agua fría.swim around/across etc She could swim across the lake.Ella podía cruzar el lago a nado. kids learning to swim the backstrokeniños aprendiendo a nadar de espalda She was the first woman to swim the Channel.Fue la primera mujer en cruzar el Canal de la Mancha a nado.2water animals [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] when fish, ducks etc swim, they move around the water using their tails and fins, their feet etccuando los peces, los patos, etc. nadan, se mueven por el agua usando sus colas y aletas, sus patas, etc.: Tropical fish swam slowly around in the tank.Los peces tropicales nadaban lentamente por el acuario.3not thinking/seeing properly [intransitive] a)if your head swims, you start to feel confused or that everything is spinning aroundsi la cabeza te da vueltas, empiezas a sentirte confundido o a sentir que todo gira a tu alrededor: My head was swimming after looking at that screen all day.Me daba vueltas la cabeza después de mirar esa pantalla todo el día. b)if something you are looking at swims, it seems to be moving around, usually because you are ill, tired, or drunksi algo que estás mirando parece moverse, normalmente porque estás enfermo, cansado o borracho: The numbers swam before my eyes.Los números se movían ante mis ojos.4be swimming in something to be covered by a lot of liquidestar cubierto por una gran cantidad de líquido: potatoes swimming in thick gravypapas nadando en salsa espesa5swim against the tide/current etc to do or say things which are different from what most people do or say, because you do not mind being differenthacer o decir cosas distintas a las de la mayoría, sin importarle ser diferente OPP swim with the tide → sink or swim at sink1(15)
Ver todas las traducciones1move through water [intransitive, transitive] to move yourself through water using your arms and legsmoverse por el agua usando los brazos y las piernasswim in We swam in the chilly water.Nadamos en el agua fría.swim around/across etc She could swim across the lake.Ella podía cruzar el lago a nado. kids learning to swim the backstrokeniños aprendiendo a nadar de espalda She was the first woman to swim the Channel.Fue la primera mujer en cruzar el Canal de la Mancha a nado.2water animals [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] when fish, ducks etc swim, they move around the water using their tails and fins, their feet etccuando los peces, los patos, etc. nadan, se mueven por el agua usando sus colas y aletas, sus patas, etc.: Tropical fish swam slowly around in the tank.Los peces tropicales nadaban lentamente por el acuario.3not thinking/seeing properly [intransitive] a)if your head swims, you start to feel confused or that everything is spinning aroundsi la cabeza te da vueltas, empiezas a sentirte confundido o a sentir que todo gira a tu alrededor: My head was swimming after looking at that screen all day.Me daba vueltas la cabeza después de mirar esa pantalla todo el día. b)if something you are looking at swims, it seems to be moving around, usually because you are ill, tired, or drunksi algo que estás mirando parece moverse, normalmente porque estás enfermo, cansado o borracho: The numbers swam before my eyes.Los números se movían ante mis ojos.4be swimming in something to be covered by a lot of liquidestar cubierto por una gran cantidad de líquido: potatoes swimming in thick gravypapas nadando en salsa espesa5swim against the tide/current etc to do or say things which are different from what most people do or say, because you do not mind being differenthacer o decir cosas distintas a las de la mayoría, sin importarle ser diferente OPP swim with the tide → sink or swim at sink1(15)swimswim2 noun [countable] 1a period of time that you spend swimmingperíodo de tiempo que se pasa nadando: Let’s go for a swim.Vamos a nadar.2in the swim (of things) informalinformal knowing about and involved in what is happening in a particular situationestar al tanto de lo que sucede e involucrado en una situación determinada
1a period of time that you spend swimmingperíodo de tiempo que se pasa nadando: Let’s go for a swim.Vamos a nadar.2in the swim (of things) informalinformal knowing about and involved in what is happening in a particular situationestar al tanto de lo que sucede e involucrado en una situación determinada