mergulhão
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
mergulhão m (plural mergulhões)
- Augmentative of mergulho
- grebe (diving bird of the family Podicipedidae)
Related terms[edit]
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