chapuzar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to submerge the head of someone or somebody
2. (intransitive, reflexive) to submerge one's own head, to dive in head first

Concepts

dive

plunge

duck

🦆

sink

splash

dunk

dock

Synonyms

zambullir

zambullirse

bucear

chapalear

sumergirse

chapotear

sumergir

Translations

untertauchen

tuffarsi

dalmak

tauchen

βουτώ

καταδύομαι

plonger

fare un tuffo

duiken

cabussar

mergulhar

affondare

sinken

sommergere

tuffare

Hyphenated as

cha‧pu‧zar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃapuˈθaɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *subputeāre, a verb formed on Latin sub (“under”) + puteus (“well, pit, dungeon”).