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1 swimming
adjective (covered with, or floating in, a liquid: meat swimming in/with grease.) peldošs; (kādā) šķidrumā esošs; ar šķidru piedevu* * *peldēšana; reibonis; peldošs; pieplūdis; noreibis -
2 swimming-bath
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3 swimming-pool
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4 swimming-trunks
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5 swimming-costume
nouns (a (woman's) garment worn for swimming.) peldkostīms -
6 swimming bath
peldbaseins -
7 swimming eyes
asaru pilnas acis -
8 swimming in the sea is great sport
peldēšanās jūrā ir lieliska izpriecaEnglish-Latvian dictionary > swimming in the sea is great sport
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9 swimming-bladder
peldpūslis -
10 eyes swimming with tears
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11 indoor swimming pool
slēgts peldbaseins -
12 meat swimming in gravy
ar mērci pārlieta gaļa -
13 my head is swimming
man reibst galva -
14 swim
[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) peldēt2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) []peldēt; nopeldēt3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) peldēt; reibt; iet raibam gar acīm2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) pelde; peldēšanās- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
- swimming-costume* * *peldēšana; reibonis; peldēt; peldēties; pārpeldēt; peldināt; pārplūst; būt pārplūdinātam; reibt -
15 bathe
[beiƟ] 1. verb1) (to put into water: He bathed his feet; I'll bathe your wounds.) iemērkt; []mazgāt; izskalot (acis)2) (to go swimming: She bathes in the sea every day.) peldēties2. noun(an act of swimming: a midnight bathe.) peldēšanās- bather- bathing* * *peldēšanās; peldēties; iemērkt, izskalot; mazgāt; apmazgāt; apskalot; pieliet -
16 flipper
['flipə]1) (a limb for swimming, especially of a seal, walrus etc.) peldspura; peldplēve2) (a kind of rubber or plastic shoe, worn when swimming, which is shaped like the flipper of a seal etc.) (peldētāja) peldplezna* * *peldplēve, peldspura; peldpleznas; roka -
17 stroke
[strəuk] I noun1) (an act of hitting, or the blow given: He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe; the stroke of a whip.) vēziens; sitiens; cirtiens2) (a sudden occurrence of something: a stroke of lightning; an unfortunate stroke of fate; What a stroke of luck to find that money!) (zibens) spēriens; liktenīgs/laimīgs gadījums3) (the sound made by a clock striking the hour: She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.) (pulksteņa) sitiens4) (a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc: short, even pencil strokes.) vilciens; triepiens; vēziens5) (a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket.) rāviens; vēziens; sitiens6) (a movement of the arms and legs in swimming, or a particular method of swimming: He swam with slow, strong strokes; Can you do breaststroke/backstroke?) peldēšana uz muguras7) (an effort or action: I haven't done a stroke (of work) all day.) ne pirkstu nepakustināt8) (a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc.) trieka•II 1. verb(to rub (eg a furry animal) gently and repeatedly in one direction, especially as a sign of affection: He stroked the cat / her hair; The dog loves being stroked.) glāstīt2. noun(an act of stroking: He gave the dog a stroke.) glāsts; glāstīšana* * *sitiens; vēziens; paņēmiens; vilciens; triepiens; trieka; virzuļa gājiens; glaudīt, glāstīt -
18 trunks
noun plural (short trousers or pants worn by boys or men, especially the type used for swimming: swimming-trunks; He wore only a pair of bathing -trunks.) sporta biksītes; peldbikses -
19 backstroke
noun (in swimming, a stroke made when lying on one's back in the water: The child is good at backstroke.) peldēšana uz muguras* * *peldēšana uz muguras -
20 bikini
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