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

• mergullador
• somorgullar
• somorgullo

Related terms

• mergullo

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mergullar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mergull”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “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.