natação

Portuguese

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/

  • Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: na‧ta‧ção

Noun

natação f (uncountable)

  1. swimming

Further reading

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