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Meanings of breaststroke in English

Russian
брасс
Portuguese
estilo bruços
Spanish
estilo pecho
Catalan
braça
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Swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate.

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брасс
Usage of breaststroke in English
1
Pascoe will tonight chase her second gold in the women's 100m breaststroke.
Radio NZ
2
Cameron van der Burgh in the final of the men's 100m breaststroke.
The South African
3
I embrace your chattering, your free-diving, your breaststroke screw-kick and your bikinis.
The Guardian
4
He lay on the floor and started rolling around doing the breaststroke.
Life
5
We swam a slow one-handed breaststroke, roped together, bundles on our head.
Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
6
Efimova is likely to mount a more powerful challenge in the breaststroke events.
Reuters
7
Furthermore, I was good at it, especially the breaststroke and backstroke.
Gunn's golden rules
8
Before that, he will also swim in the 50m breaststroke later this week.
The Guardian
9
She switched to the breaststroke so she could speak more easily.
The lovers
10
And bronze for Cameron van der Burgh in the 100 breaststroke.
The South African
11
Schoenmaker back in action Schoenmaker will take on the 100m breaststroke on Saturday.
The South African
12
I want to be the Adam Peaty of the 200 breaststroke.
Reuters
13
I want to get all three of the records in breaststroke.
The Irish Times
14
Taylor McKeown qualified third fastest for the semi-finals of the women's 200m breaststroke.
News.com.au
15
Johann swam breaststroke, with his head fully out of the water.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
16
It's a beautiful summer afternoon, and I'm doing an easy breaststroke far from shore.
Blind willow, sleeping woman
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Translations for breaststroke
Russian
брасс
Catalan
braça
Breaststroke through the time
Breaststroke across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common