mergulho

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uʎu

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈɡu.ʎu/ [meɦˈɡu.ʎu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈɡu.ʎu/ [meɦˈɡu.ʎu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾˈɡu.ʎu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁˈɡu.ʎu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meɻˈɡu.ʎo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾˈɡu.ʎu/ [mɨɾˈɣu.ʎu]

• Hyphenation: mer‧gu‧lho

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mergulhar. Compare Galician somorgullo, Spanish somorgujo.

Noun

mergulho m (plural mergulhos)

1. dive

Related terms

• mergulhão

Etymology 2

Verb

mergulho

1. first-person singular present indicative of mergulhar; "I dive"