🚤 A pedal boat 🚤 To use a pedal boat

to pedalo

8.3

To move a small boat by pushing pedals with your feet

verb
/ˈpɛdəloʊ/

: navegar en pedaló

Tourists often pedalo along the river to enjoy the city views from the water.

Examples

They love to pedalo together every summer when they visit the seaside.
We decided to pedalo around the lake for an hour on a sunny afternoon.
We decided to pedalo around the lake for an hour on a sunny afternoon.
Tourists often pedalo along the river to enjoy the city views from the water.
They love to pedalo together every summer when they visit the seaside.

Synonyms

to paddle

vsto pedalo

57 1.4

To move a boat through water using a short oar

uses foot power rather than hand blades to propel the craft

to boat

vsto pedalo

10 1.0

To travel on water in a small vehicle like a rowboat or motorboat

is specific to a small craft moved by feet turning cranks

How Energetic

to race

91 1.0

to pedalo

8.3

to glide

89 2.9

to drift

331 2.9

Surface Forms

pedalo infinitive

pedaled past

pedaled past participle

pedaling present participle

pedalos third person singular

Etymology

Pedalo as a verb comes from the same idea as the noun and pedal ('foot'). To pedalo means to move a small pedal boat by turning the pedals with your feet, just like riding a bicycle on water.