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pantorrilla (feminine noun (la)) — calf (of the leg). Look up pantorrilla in the dictionary

Me corté en la pantorrilla y ahora me duele cuando camino.
I cut myself on my calf and now it hurts when I walk.
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Old June 01, 2009, 05:19 AM
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Me duele las pantorrillas después de nadar cruzar el mar.
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Me duelen las pantorrillas después de nadar de un lado del mar al otro.
My calves hurt after swimming across the ocean.
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Me duele las pantorrillas después de nadar cruzar el mar.
Me duelen las pantorrillas después de nadar cruzando/através de/en el mar.

Lo que está en verde es como se ocupa.
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Ejercito demasiado, ahora mis pantorrillas son vacas!

Hago demasiado ejercicio; ¡Ahora mis pantorrillas son toros!

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Aquí se suele nombrar el mar que cruzas:

Cruzó el Mediterráneo a nado.
Me duelen las pantorrillas tras cuzar todo el Atlántico nadando.
Cruzó a nado el Canal de la Mancha con los pies atados.

También se cruza a la otra orilla (de un río, lago, etc.), nadando o no.

Pregúntale a ese barquero si te puede cruzar a la otra orilla.
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Ejercito demasiado.
Hago demasiado ejercicio.
I exercise too much.
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You can't use 'ejercitar'? I pulled that from wordreference.com. But I understand the correction, so I'll update my "Book of Bad Puns." Probably also change 'vacas' to 'toros'.
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You can't use 'ejercitar'? I pulled that from wordreference.com. But I understand the correction, so I'll update my "Book of Bad Puns." Probably also change 'vacas' to 'toros'.
Ejercitas un músculo o varios:

Estoy ejercitando mis pantorrillas para nadar mejor.
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As irmamar says, you can use ejercitar, but remember that ejercitar is transitive (requires a direct object) and hacer ejercicio is intransitive (does not take a direct object). To exercise is both transitive and intransitive.
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