Skip to content

nuoto

swimming

noun NWOH-toh Less Common

Origin: from nuotare (to swim)

Usage Note

Nuoto is the sport of swimming and is uncountable, so it has no real plural. Don't confuse it with the verb form nuoto (I swim) from nuotare, spelled and stressed identically.

Examples

"Il nuoto fa bene alla schiena."

Natural Translation

Swimming is good for the back.

Literal Translation

The swimming makes good to-the back.

Free starter pack

Building your Italian vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common Italian words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore Italian by topic