mergulhar

Meaning

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)

Hyphenated as

mer‧gu‧lhar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/meʁ.ɡuˈʎa(ʁ)/

Etymology

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.