mergulhão
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom mergulho (“dive”) + -ão, or perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *merguliōnem, a derivative of Latin mergus or mergulus. Compare Galician mergullón, Spanish somorgujón, variant of somorgujo, Leonese mergollón.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editmergulhão m (plural mergulhões)
- Augmentative of mergulho
- grebe (diving bird of the family Podicipedidae)
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- Portuguese terms suffixed with -ão
- Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
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