mergulhar

Significado (Inglês)

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)

Oposto de

emergir, vir à tona

Sinônimos

submergir

afogar

dar um

imergir

dar um mergulho

inundar

alagar

afogar-se

Traduções

dive

plonger

duiken

tuffarsi

zambullirse

bucear

tauchen

plunge

sumergir

immergere

llançar-se de cap

capbussar-se

onder water zetten

dip

submerger

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/meʁ.ɡuˈʎa(ʁ)/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Cognato com galego: mergullar

Cognato com espanhol: somorgujar

In summary

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.