mergullar

Galician

Alternative forms
  • amargullar
  • mergulhar, amergulhar (reintegrationist)

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
    Synonym: somerxer
  2. (reflexive) to dive
    Synonym: somerxerse

Conjugation
    Conjugation of mergullar
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(ti)		 Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal mergullar
Personal mergullar mergullares mergullar mergullarmos mergullardes mergullaren
Gerund
mergullando
Past participle
Masculine mergullado mergullados
Feminine mergullada mergulladas
Indicative
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
Present mergulle mergulles mergulle mergullemos mergulledes mergullen
Imperfect mergullase mergullases mergullase mergullásemos mergullásedes mergullasen
Future mergullar mergullares mergullar mergullarmos mergullardes mergullaren
Imperative
Affirmative mergulla mergulle mergullemos mergullade mergullen
Negative (non) non mergulles non mergulle non mergullemos non mergulledes non mergullen

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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