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afundar.

to sink (descend into liquid, etc)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/a.fũˈda(ʁ)/Brazil[a.fũˈda(h)]Brazil/a.fũˈda(ɾ)/São-Paulo/a.fũˈda(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to sink (descend into liquid, etc)

    pronominal
  2. to sink (cause to sink)

    transitive
  3. to dunk, to slam dunk

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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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