mergulhar

Betekenis (Engels)

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)

Concepten

duiken

onder water zetten

tot zinken brengen

verdrinken

onderduwen

onderwaterzwemmen

verloren gaan

dalen

verzuipen

doen verdwijnen

inunderen

onderdompelen

overstromen

vergaan

Tegenovergesteld aan

emergir, vir à tona

Synoniemen

submergir

afogar

dar um

imergir

dar um mergulho

inundar

alagar

afogar-se

Vertalingen

dive

plonger

tuffarsi

zambullirse

bucear

tauchen

plunge

sumergir

immergere

cabussar

capbussar-se

llançar-se de cap

dip

submerger

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/meʁ.ɡuˈʎa(ʁ)/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Galicisch: mergullar

Verwant aan Spaans: 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.