afundar

Meaning

(pronominal) to sink (descend into liquid, etc)
(transitive) to sink (cause to sink)
(intransitive) to dunk, to slam dunk

sink

drop down

sag down

βουλιάζω

βυθίζομαι

βυθίζω

غَرِقَ

corbar-se

enfoncer

inabissare

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.fũˈda(ʁ)/

Cognate with Galician

afondar

Cognate with Spanish

ahondar

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese afondar, from Vulgar Latin *affundāre, derived from fundus (“bottom”). By surface analysis, a- + fundo + -ar. Compare Galician afondar, Spanish ahondar.

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