mergulhão
Portuguese
Etymology
From 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
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /meʁ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [meɦ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /meɾ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [meɾ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /meʁ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [meʁ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /meɻ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [meɻ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨɾ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [mɨɾ.ɣuˈʎɐ̃w̃]
Noun
mergulhão m (plural mergulhões)
- Augmentative of mergulho
- grebe (diving bird of the family Podicipedidae)
Related terms
- mergulhador
- mergulhante
- mergulhar
- mergulho
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