mergullar

Galician

Alternative forms
  • amargullar

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meɾɣuˈʎaɾ/

Verb

mergullar (first-person singular present mergullo, first-person singular preterite mergullei, past participle mergullado)

  1. (transitive) to submerge
  2. (reflexive) to dive

Conjugation
Conjugation of mergullar
singular plural
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal mergullar
personal mergullar mergullares mergullar mergullarmos mergullardes mergullaren
Gerund
mergullando
Past participle singular plural
masculine mergullado mergullados
feminine mergullada mergulladas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present mergullo mergullas mergulla mergullamos mergullades mergullan
imperfect mergullaba mergullabas mergullaba mergullabamos mergullabades mergullaban
preterite mergullei mergullaches mergullou mergullamos mergullastes mergullaron
pluperfect mergullara mergullaras mergullara mergullaramos mergullarades mergullaran
future mergullarei mergullarás mergullará mergullaremos mergullaredes mergullarán
conditional mergullaría mergullarías mergullaría mergullariamos mergullariades mergullarían
Subjunctive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present mergulle mergulles mergulle mergullemos mergulledes mergullen
preterite mergullase mergullases mergullase mergullásemos mergullásedes mergullasen
future mergullar mergullares mergullar mergullarmos mergullardes mergullaren
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – mergulla mergulle mergullemos mergullade mergullen
negative – mergulles mergulle mergullemos mergulledes mergullen

Synonyms
  • (submerge): somerxer
  • (dive): somerxerse

Derived terms

References
  • “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.
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