breaststroke

English

Etymology

breast +‎ stroke

Animation of breast stroke, side view

Animation of breast stroke, top view

Pronunciation

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Noun

breaststroke (plural breaststrokes)

1. A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's

Translations

swimming stroke

• Afrikaans: borsslag
• Albanian: bretkosë (sq) f
• Bulgarian: бруст m (brust)
• Catalan: braça f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蛙式 (waa¹ sik¹)

  Hokkien: 四跤仔泅 (zh-min-nan) (sì-kha-á-siû), 水雞泅／水鸡泅 (zh-min-nan) (chúi-ke-siû, chúi-koe-siû), 水雞仔泅／水鸡仔泅 (chúi-ke-á-siû, chúi-koe-á-siû), 蛤仔泅 (kap-á-siû), 田蛤仔泅 (chhân-kap-á-siû)

  Mandarin: 蛙泳 (zh) (wāyǒng), 俯泳 (fǔyǒng), 胸泳 (zh) (xiōngyǒng), 蛙式 (wāshì)

• Czech: prsa (cs) (plural)
• Danish: brystsvømning (da)
• Dutch: schoolslag (nl) m
• Esperanto: brustonaĝado
• Finnish: rintauinti (fi)
• French: brasse (fr) f
• German: Brust (de) f, Brustschwimmen (de) n
• Hindi: ब्रेस्टस्ट्रोक m (bresṭasṭrok)
• Hungarian: mellúszás (hu)
• Icelandic: bringusund (is) n
• Irish: snámh brollaigh m, bang brollaigh m
• Japanese: 平泳ぎ (ja) (ひらおよぎ, hiraoyogi)
• Maori: kau āpuru, kau hōkaikai
• Norwegian: brystsvømning
• Polish: żabka (pl) f, styl klasyczny m
• Portuguese: nado de peito m, bruços (pt) m pl, estilo de bruços m
• Romanian: bras (ro) n
• Russian: брасс (ru) m (brass)
• Spanish: braza (es) m, estilo braza m
• Swedish: bröstsim (sv) n
• Turkish: kurbağalama (tr)
• Welsh: nofio broga m
• Yiddish: זשאַבעשוווּם m (zhabeshvum), קלאַפֿטער m (klafter), קלאַפֿטערשוווּם m (klaftershvum)

Verb

breaststroke (third-person singular simple present breaststrokes, present participle breaststroking, simple past and past participle breaststroked)

1. to swim using this stroke

Translations

to swim using this stroke

• Finnish: uida rintaa
• German: Brust schwimmen (de)
• Hindi: ब्रेस्टस्ट्रोक (bresṭasṭrok)
• Icelandic: synda bringusund
• Portuguese: nadar de peito
• Russian: плыть бра́ссом (plytʹ brássom)
• Swedish: simma bröstsim
• Turkish: kurbağalama yüzmek
• Yiddish: שווימען ווי אַ זשאַבע (shvimen vi a zhabe)