imergir

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *mesg-

Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti

Latin mergō

Latin immergōbor.

Portuguese imergir

Borrowed from Latin immergō.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.meʁˈʒi(ʁ)/ [i.meɦˈʒi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /i.meɾˈʒi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /i.meʁˈʒi(ʁ)/ [i.meʁˈʒi(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /i.meɻˈʒi(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.mɨɾˈʒiɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.mɨɾˈʒi.ɾi/

Hyphenation: i‧mer‧gir

Verb

imergir (first-person singular present imirjo or imerjo, third-person singular present imerge, first-person singular preterite imergi, past participle imergido, short past participle imerso)

(transitive) to immerse (to put under the surface of a liquid)
Synonyms: submergir, mergulhar

Antonym: emergir

Conjugation

Conjugation of imergir (irregular short past participle; i-e alternation in present singular or non-alternating; g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	imergir
Personal	imergir	imergires	imergir	imergirmos	imergirdes	imergirem
Gerund
	imergindo
Short past participle
Masculine	imerso¹			imersos¹
Feminine	imersa¹			imersas¹
Long past participle
Masculine	imergido²			imergidos²
Feminine	imergida²			imergidas²
Indicative
Present	imirjo, imerjo	imerges	imerge	imergimos	imergis	imergem
Imperfect	imergia	imergias	imergia	imergíamos	imergíeis	imergiam
Preterite	imergi	imergiste	imergiu	imergimos	imergistes	imergiram
Pluperfect	imergira	imergiras	imergira	imergíramos	imergíreis	imergiram
Future	imergirei	imergirás	imergirá	imergiremos	imergireis	imergirão
Conditional	imergiria	imergirias	imergiria	imergiríamos	imergiríeis	imergiriam
Subjunctive
Present	imirja, imerja	imirjas, imerjas	imirja, imerja	imirjamos, imerjamos	imirjais, imerjais	imirjam, imerjam
Imperfect	imergisse	imergisses	imergisse	imergíssemos	imergísseis	imergissem
Future	imergir	imergires	imergir	imergirmos	imergirdes	imergirem
Imperative
Affirmative		imerge	imirja, imerja	imirjamos, imerjamos	imergi	imirjam, imerjam
Negative (não)		não imirjas, não imerjas	não imirja, não imerja	não imirjamos, não imerjamos	não imirjais, não imerjais	não imirjam, não imerjam

¹Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
²Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.

Related terms

imergência