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)

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

Albanian: bretkosë (sq) f
Bulgarian: бруст m (brust)
Catalan: braça f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蛙式 (waa¹ sik¹)
Mandarin: 蛙泳 (zh) (wāyǒng), 俯泳 (fǔyǒng), 胸泳 (zh) (xiōngyǒng), 蛙式 (wāshì)
Min Nan: 四跤仔泅 (zh-min-nan) (sì-kha-á-siû), 水雞泅 (zh-min-nan), 水鸡泅 (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)
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 (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

Verb

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

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