natação

Portuguese

natação

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin natātiōnem (“a swim, swimming pool”), from natō (“to swim, to float”), from nō (“to swim, to float”), from the Proto-Indo-European *sneh- (“to swim, to flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /na.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [na.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: na‧ta‧ção

Noun

natação f (uncountable)

1. swimming

Related terms

• nadador
• nadar
• nado