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mergulhar.

to submerge (to go down in water)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/meʁ.ɡuˈʎa(ʁ)/Brazil[meɦ.ɡuˈʎa(h)]Brazil/meɾ.ɡuˈʎa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/meʁ.ɡuˈʎa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to submerge (to go down in water)

    intransitive
    O submarino mergulhou vinte metros.
  2. to dive (to jump into water)

    intransitive
    Se mergulhares no lago sem ver a profundidade, podes bater a cabeça.
  3. to dive (to descend or decrease sharply or steeply)

    figuratively · intransitive
    A colheita foi tão boa que o preço do trigo mergulhou.
  4. to dip (to lower something into a liquid)

    transitive
    Mergulhe as batatas no óleo para fritá-las.
  5. to immerse oneself (to involve oneself deeply)

    figuratively · intransitive
    Mergulhei na música e nunca mais voltei.
  6. to dive (to work as a diver)

    intransitive
    Ganho pouco dinheiro mergulhando, mas adoro meu trabalho.
Where this word comes from

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.

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