Meanings
verbbreaststroke (third-person singular simple present breaststrokes, present participle breaststroking, simple past and past participle breaststroked)
present singular third person breaststrokes · participle present breaststroking · participle past breaststroked · past breaststroked
- To swim using this stroke.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans borsslag
- borsslagswimming stroke
Bulgarian бруст
- бруст (brust)swimming stroke
Catalan braça
- braçaswimming stroke
Chinese Cantonese 蛙式
- 蛙式 (waa¹ sik¹)swimming stroke
Chinese Mandarin 蛙式, 俯泳
- 蛙式 (wāshì)swimming stroke
- 俯泳 (fǔyǒng)swimming stroke
- 胸泳 (xiōngyǒng)swimming stroke
Czech prsa
- prsaswimming stroke
Danish brystsvømning
- brystsvømningswimming stroke
Dutch schoolslag
- schoolslagswimming stroke
Esperanto brustonaĝado
- brustonaĝadoswimming stroke
Finnish rintauinti, uida rintaa
- rintauintiswimming stroke
- uida rintaato swim using this stroke
French brasse
- brasseswimming stroke
German Brust, Brustschwimmen
- Brustswimming stroke
- Brustschwimmenswimming stroke
- Brust schwimmento swim using this stroke
Hindi ब्रेस्टस्ट्रोक, ब्रेस्टस्ट्रोक
- ब्रेस्टस्ट्रोक (bresṭasṭrok)swimming stroke
- ब्रेस्टस्ट्रोक (bresṭasṭrok)to swim using this stroke
Hungarian mellúszás
- mellúszásswimming stroke
Icelandic bringusund, synda bringusund
- bringusundswimming stroke
- synda bringusundto swim using this stroke
Irish snámh brollaigh, bang brollaigh
- snámh brollaighswimming stroke
- bang brollaighswimming stroke
Italian rana, stile rana
- ranaswimming stroke
- stile ranaswimming stroke
Japanese 平泳ぎ
- 平泳ぎ (hiraoyogi)swimming stroke
Korean 평영
- 평영 (pyeong'yeong)swimming stroke
Latvian brass
- brassswimming stroke
Māori kau āpuru, kau hōkaikai
- kau āpuruswimming stroke
- kau hōkaikaiswimming stroke
Norwegian brystsvømning
- brystsvømningswimming stroke
Polish żabka, styl klasyczny
- żabkaswimming stroke
- styl klasycznyswimming stroke
Portuguese nado de peito, bruços
- nado de peitoswimming stroke
- bruçosswimming stroke
- estilo de bruçosswimming stroke
- nadar de peitoto swim using this stroke
Romanian bras
- brasswimming stroke
Russian брасс, плыть бра́ссом
- брасс (brass)swimming stroke
- плыть бра́ссом (plytʹ brássom)to swim using this stroke
Spanish braza, estilo braza
- brazaswimming stroke
- estilo brazaswimming stroke
Swedish bröstsim, simma bröstsim
- bröstsimswimming stroke
- simma bröstsimto swim using this stroke
Turkish kurbağalama, kurbağalama yüzmek
- kurbağalamaswimming stroke
- kurbağalama yüzmekto swim using this stroke
Welsh nofio broga
- nofio brogaswimming stroke
Yiddish זשאַבעשוווּם, קלאַפֿטער
- זשאַבעשוווּם (zhabeshvum)swimming stroke
- קלאַפֿטער (klafter)swimming stroke
- קלאַפֿטערשוווּם (klaftershvum)swimming stroke
- שווימען ווי אַ זשאַבע (shvimen vi a zhabe)to swim using this stroke
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APA
breaststroke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breaststroke
MLA
“breaststroke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breaststroke. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breaststroke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breaststroke.
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