anegar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to inundate, to flood
2. (transitive) to drown

Concepts

flood

drown

inundate

overwhelm

submerge

Synonyms

arriar

inundar

Translations

inonder

überschwemmen

annegare

ertränken

πλημμυρίζω

noyer

allagare

inondare

tempestare

inunderen

alagar

cobrir com abundáncia

Hyphenated as

a‧ne‧gar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aneˈɡaɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: neco

Cognate with French: noyer

Cognate with Italian: annegare

Cognate with Romanian: îneca

Cognate with Portuguese: anegar

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *adnecāre, prefixed from Latin necāre (“murder”). The verb's sense specialized to 'drown' throughout Romance; compare French noyer, Italian annegare, Romanian îneca, Portuguese anegar.