Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Aragonese terms inherited from Latin#NADARCategory:Aragonese terms derived from Latin#NADAR natāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈda(ɾ)/Category:Aragonese terms with IPA pronunciation#NADAR
• Syllabification: na‧dar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)Category:Rhymes:Aragonese/a(ɾ)#NADARCategory:Rhymes:Aragonese/a(ɾ)/2 syllables#NADAR

Verb

nadarCategory:Aragonese lemmas#NADARCategory:Aragonese verbs#NADARCategory:Aragonese entries with incorrect language header#NADARCategory:Pages with entries#NADARCategory:Pages with 11 entries#NADAR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Aragonese intransitive verbs#NADAR) to swim (move through water)

References

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

Alternative forms

• ñadar

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Latin#NADARCategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#NADAR natāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈdaɾ/ [naˈð̞aɾ], /ɲaˈdaɾ/ [ɲaˈð̞aɾ]Category:Asturian terms with IPA pronunciation#NADAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Asturian/aɾ#NADARCategory:Rhymes:Asturian/aɾ/2 syllables#NADAR
• Syllabification: na‧dar

Verb

nadar (first-person singular indicative present nado, past participle nadáu)Category:Asturian lemmas#NADARCategory:Asturian verbs#NADARCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#NADARCategory:Pages with entries#NADARCategory:Pages with 11 entries#NADAR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Asturian intransitive verbs#NADAR) to swim (move through water)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [nəˈða]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#NADAR
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [naˈðaɾ]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#NADAR

• Audio (Barcelona):

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  Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#NADAR
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)Category:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)#NADARCategory:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)/2 syllables#NADAR
• Hyphenation: na‧dar

Verb

nadar (first-person singular present nado, first-person singular preterite nadí, past participle nadat)Category:Catalan lemmas#NADARCategory:Catalan verbs#NADARCategory:Catalan first conjugation verbs#NADARCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#NADARCategory:Pages with entries#NADARCategory:Pages with 11 entries#NADAR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Catalan intransitive verbs#NADAR, WesternCategory:Western Catalan#NADAR) alternative form of nedar (“to swim”) (move through water)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.dɑr/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#NADAR

• Audio:

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  Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#NADAR
• Hyphenation: na‧dar

Noun

nadar m (plural nadars, diminutive nadarke n)Category:Dutch lemmas#NADARCategory:Dutch nouns#NADARCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#NADARCategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#NADARCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#NADARCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#NADARCategory:Pages with entries#NADARCategory:Pages with 11 entries#NADAR

1. (BelgiumCategory:Belgian Dutch#NADAR) crush barrier

References

Alternative forms

• danar

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#NADARCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#NADAR nadar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#NADARCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#NADAR natāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈdaɾ/ [nɐˈð̞aɾ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#NADAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Galician/aɾ#NADARCategory:Rhymes:Galician/aɾ/2 syllables#NADAR
• Hyphenation: nă‧dar

Verb

nadar (first-person singular present nado, first-person singular preterite nadei, past participle nadado)Category:Galician lemmas#NADARCategory:Galician verbs#NADARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#NADARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#NADARCategory:Pages with entries#NADARCategory:Pages with 11 entries#NADAR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Galician intransitive verbs#NADAR) to swim (move through water)
   • c. 1300, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     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

     Category:Galician terms with quotations#NADAR

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References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “nadar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “nadar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nadar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nadar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nadar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Alternative forms

• danar / דאנאר

Etymology

Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Ladino terms inherited from Old Spanish#NADARCategory:Ladino terms derived from Old Spanish#NADAR nadar (“to swim”), from LatinCategory:Ladino terms inherited from Latin#NADARCategory:Ladino terms derived from Latin#NADAR natāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈdaɾ/Category:Ladino terms with IPA pronunciation#NADAR

• Audio (Spain):

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  Category:Ladino terms with audio pronunciation#NADAR
• Hyphenation: na‧dar

Verb

nadar (Hebrew spelling נאדאר)Category:Ladino lemmas#NADARCategory:Ladino verbs#NADARCategory:Ladino verbs in Latin script#NADARCategory:Ladino entries with incorrect language header#NADARCategory:Pages with entries#NADARCategory:Pages with 11 entries#NADAR^[1]

1. (intransitiveCategory:Ladino intransitive verbs#NADAR) to swim (move through water)
   • 1997, Neue Romania: Veröffentlichungsreihe des Studienbereiches Neue Romania des Instituts für Romanische Philologie der FU Berlin‎, numbers 19-22, page 176:

     Tanbién él vido kavesa una ke nadava sovre fases de las aguas. Diǧo aelya: por ke hizistes nadar, te hizieron nadar, i, al fin de tus hazientes nadar, nadarán.

     He also stopped one head that was swimming above the waters' surfaces. He told her that because you swam, they made you swim, and at the end of your swimming sessions, they'll swim [too].

     Category:Ladino terms with quotations#NADAR

References

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.dar/Category:Maltese 2-syllable words#NADARCategory:Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation#NADAR
• Rhymes: -adarCategory:Rhymes:Maltese/adar#NADARCategory:Rhymes:Maltese/adar/2 syllables#NADAR
• Hyphenation: na‧dar

Etymology 1

From ArabicCategory:Maltese terms inherited from Arabic#NADARCategory:Maltese terms derived from Arabic#NADAR نَظَرَ (naẓara).

Etymology 2

From ArabicCategory:Maltese terms inherited from Arabic#NADARCategory:Maltese terms derived from Arabic#NADAR نَظَر (naẓar).

Etymology

From Old OccitanCategory:Occitan terms inherited from Old Occitan#NADARCategory:Occitan terms derived from Old Occitan#NADAR, from LatinCategory:Occitan terms inherited from Latin#NADARCategory:Occitan terms derived from Latin#NADAR natāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈdaɾ/Category:Occitan terms with IPA pronunciation#NADAR

• Audio (Béarn):

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  Category:Occitan terms with audio pronunciation#NADAR
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)Category:Rhymes:Occitan/a(ɾ)#NADARCategory:Rhymes:Occitan/a(ɾ)/2 syllables#NADAR
• Hyphenation: na‧dar

Verb

nadarCategory:Occitan lemmas#NADARCategory:Occitan verbs#NADARCategory:Occitan entries with incorrect language header#NADARCategory:Pages with entries#NADARCategory:Pages with 11 entries#NADARCategory:Occitan first group verbs#NADAR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Occitan intransitive verbs#NADAR) to swim (move through water)

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central 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
	conditional 2nd form1	nadèra	nadèras	nadèra	naderam	naderatz	nadèran
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	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    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
	conditional 2nd form1	nadèra	nadèras	nadèra	naderam	naderatz	nadèran
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	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    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
	conditional 2nd form1	nadèra	nadèras	nadèra	naderam	naderatz	nadèran
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	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    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
	conditional 2nd form1	nadèra	nadèras	nadèra	naderam	naderatz	nadèran
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	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    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
	conditional 2nd form1	nadèra	nadèras	nadèra	naderam	naderatz	nadèran
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	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Category:Occitan verbs

Further reading

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

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Old Spanish terms inherited from Latin#NADARCategory:Old Spanish terms derived from Latin#NADAR natāre.^[1]

Verb

nadarCategory:Old Spanish lemmas#NADARCategory:Old Spanish verbs#NADARCategory:Old Spanish entries with incorrect language header#NADARCategory:Pages with entries#NADARCategory:Pages with 11 entries#NADAR

1. to swim (move through liquid)

References

Further reading

• “nadar”, in Diccionario del español medieval electrónico [Electronic Dictionary of Medieval Spanish] (in Spanish, English, and German), Rostock University and Paderborn University, 2022–present
• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “nadar”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 354

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#NADARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#NADAR, from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#NADARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#NADAR natāre.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: na‧dar

Verb

nadar (first-person singular present nado, first-person singular preterite nadei, past participle nadado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#NADARCategory:Portuguese verbs#NADARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#NADARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#NADARCategory:Pages with entries#NADARCategory:Pages with 11 entries#NADAR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Portuguese intransitive verbs#NADAR) to swim (support oneself and move on the surface or within a liquid, through coordinated movements of arms and legs)
2. (intransitiveCategory:Portuguese intransitive verbs#NADAR) to swim (practice a given swimming style)
3. (intransitiveCategory:Portuguese intransitive verbs#NADAR) to be immersed in liquid
4. (intransitiveCategory:Portuguese intransitive verbs#NADAR) to wear very loose clothing
5. (intransitiveCategory:Portuguese intransitive verbs#NADAR, clothingCategory:pt:Clothing#NADAR) to be exaggeratedly wide/loose
6. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#NADAR) to travel (a given distance) moving on the surface or within a liquid
7. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#NADAR) to possess in great abundance

Further reading

• “nadar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nadar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish#NADARCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish#NADAR nadar, from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#NADARCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#NADAR natāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈdaɾ/ [naˈð̞aɾ]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#NADARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#NADAR

• Audio (Spain):

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  Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#NADAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#NADARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables#NADAR
• Syllabification: na‧dar

Verb

nadar (first-person singular present nado, first-person singular preterite nadé, past participle nadado)Category:Spanish lemmas#NADARCategory:Spanish verbs#NADARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#NADARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#NADARCategory:Pages with entries#NADARCategory:Pages with 11 entries#NADAR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#NADAR) to swim (move through water)
2. (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#NADAR) to be swimming in [with en ‘in’]

   ¡Nadamos en dinero!

   We're swimming in money!

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#NADAR

Further reading

• “nadar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025