The Vietnamese word for to swim is
bơi
Translations for to swim and their definitions
| bơi | |
| 1. v. to swim (move through water) | |
| 2. v. to row a boat | |
| 3. v. (metaphorically) to struggle doing something beyond your capacity | |
| Nếu không nắm vững cơ bản ngay từ bây giờ thì sau này sẽ phải bơi đó. - If you don't have firm grip on the basics from the get-go, you'll be flagging later. |
| tắm | |
| 1. v. to wash a live body, usually your own; to bathe, to shower, etc. | |
| vòi tắm - a shower hose or showerhead | |
| tắm (cho) chó/con - to give your dog/child a bath or a shower | |
| 2. v. (by extension) to bathe in something, watery or not | |
| tắm nắng - to sunbathe | |
| tắm bùn - to have a mud bath | |
| tắm biển - to swim in the sea |
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