mergulhar.
to submerge (to go down in water)
Meaning & usage
to submerge (to go down in water)
O submarino mergulhou vinte metros.
to dive (to jump into water)
Se mergulhares no lago sem ver a profundidade, podes bater a cabeça.
to dive (to descend or decrease sharply or steeply)
A colheita foi tão boa que o preço do trigo mergulhou.
to dip (to lower something into a liquid)
Mergulhe as batatas no óleo para fritá-las.
to immerse oneself (to involve oneself deeply)
Mergulhei na música e nunca mais voltei.
to dive (to work as a diver)
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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