mergulhar

Signification (Anglais)

1. (intransitive) to submerge (to go down in water)
2. (intransitive) to dive (to jump into water)
3. (figuratively, intransitive) to dive (to descend or decrease sharply or steeply)
4. (transitive) to dip (to lower something into a liquid)
5. (figuratively, intransitive) to immerse oneself (to involve oneself deeply)
6. (intransitive) to dive (to work as a diver)

Concepts

plonger

submerger

tremper

inonder

nager

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noyer

tomber

plongée

se plonger

baigner

faire un plongeon

couler

immerger

Opposé de

emergir, vir à tona

Synonymes

submergir

afogar

dar um

imergir

dar um mergulho

inundar

alagar

afogar-se

Traductions

dive

duiken

zambullirse

tuffarsi

bucear

tauchen

plunge

immergere

sumergir

cabussar

capbussar-se

onder water zetten

llançar-se de cap

dip

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/meʁ.ɡuˈʎa(ʁ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à galicien: mergullar

Appartenant à espagnol: somorgujar

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese mergullar, from Vulgar Latin *merguliāre, from Latin mergulus, diminutive of mergus (“diver; loon”), from mergō (“to dive, to plunge”). Cognate with Galician mergullar. Compare also Spanish somorgujar.