"swimming (the sport)" in seven languages
Meaningswimming (the sport)
Spanish
natación
/nataˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
natation
/natasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
nuoto
/ˈnwɔto/
masc.other source · nuotare, from spoken Latin *NOTĀRE (Classical NATĀRE)
Portuguese
natação
/nataˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
înot
/ɨˈnot/
neut.other source · înota 'to swim', from spoken Latin *INNOTĀRE (Classical INNATĀRE)
Catalan
natació
/nətəsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
swimming
/ˈswɪmɪŋ/
native English · Old English swimman
English → Italianswimming (the sport)nuotoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: natatorium, natant.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
NATĀTIŌNEM‘swimming’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The sport takes the learned noun in Spanish and French, but the verbs went their own ways: nadar (NATĀRE), nager (from NAVIGĀRE 'to sail'), nuotare.
English relatives: natatorium, natant
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In a sentence
- esLa natación es buena para la espalda.
- frLa natation est bonne pour le dos.
- itIl nuoto fa bene alla schiena.
- ptA natação faz bem para as costas.
- roÎnotul e bun pentru spate.
- caLa natació és bona per a l'esquena.
- enSwimming is good for your back.