ATTN: Native Spanish Speakers!

Jul 19, 2010 16:39

Or anybody who has been on a Spanish-speaking swim team ( Read more... )

summer swim league, !public, work

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solesakuma July 20 2010, 01:50:54 UTC
Backstroke is just 'estilo espalda'. 'Breastroke' in my country is called 'estilo pecho', but I think it's also called 'braza'.
Freestyle = estilo libre
Underwater = sí, debajo del agua. XD
Lap = vuelta.
Length = largo
Lane is completely escaping me at the moment.
Butterfly is mariposa, for what it's worth.
Yard... is yarda. It sounds the same way, but with an a like in car at the end. (Like in darling?)
I can't help you with anything else - or the pronunciation.

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silmerin July 20 2010, 02:22:54 UTC
Thank you so much! This is really helpful. I've got the speaking part down, so pronunciation isn't an issue. It's just since I haven't really spoken Spanish for two years (except for that time at the community center when I said beer and meant cherries) that I'm sort of losing my vocabulary, and I never had any swimming related vocab to begin with!

You are awesome :D

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solesakuma July 20 2010, 05:23:34 UTC
it's all I can remember of tons of years of swimming XD

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lunartick1989 July 20 2010, 09:19:56 UTC
Since someone else already helped you out, I'll just leave this joke here:

¿Porqué no nada nada?
¡Porque no traje traje!

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lunartick1989 July 20 2010, 09:43:13 UTC
Oh, also, kickboard is patinete, and I think patalear is to kick in this context (el pataleo is flutter kick (or a temper tantrum XD), which I assume is the kind of straight kicks you're going for). Reach is alcanzar (el alcance as a noun). The only thing I can come up with for drill would be ejercicio, assuming I'm not misunderstanding your meaning. :\

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