plunge
Significado (Inglés)
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- To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
- To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
- (obsolete) To baptize by immersion.
- To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
- To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
- To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
- (slang) To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
- (obsolete) To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
- (obsolete) To overwhelm, overpower.
Conceptos
poner en remojo
caer en picado
meter en agua
submergir
Sinónimos
dip to immerse
dive into water
saddled with debt
negative asset
against us
jump into water
scamper away
dive into
plunge into
stick into
swoop down
incur debts
drag into
hit at
dart away
drop down
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/plʌnd͡ʒ/
Etimología (Inglés)
In summary
From Middle English plungen, ploungen, Anglo-Norman plungier, from Old French plongier, (Modern French plonger), from unattested Late Latin frequentative *plumbicō (“to throw a leaded line”), from plumbum (“lead”). Compare plumb, plounce.
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