mergullar

Significado (Inglês)

  1. (transitive) to submerge
  2. (reflexive) to dive

Freqüência

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/meɾɣuˈʎaɾ/
Etimologia (Inglês)

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese mergullar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *merguliāre, from Latin mergulus, diminutive of mergus (“diver; loon”), from mergō (“I dive, I plunge”). Cognate with Portuguese mergulhar; compare also Spanish somorgujar.

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