mergullar
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Etymology edit
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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Verb edit
mergullar (first-person singular present mergullo, first-person singular preterite mergullei, past participle mergullado)
- (transitive) to submerge
- Synonym: somerxer
- (reflexive) to dive
- Synonym: somerxerse
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of mergullar
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References edit
- “mergullar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “mergull” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “mergullar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “mergullar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “mergullar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.