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]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [meɦ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [meɾ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [meʁ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /meɻ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [meɻ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [mɨɾ.ɣuˈʎɐ̃w̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [mɨɾ.ɣuˈʎɐ̃w̃]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/

Noun

mergulhão m (plural mergulhões)

1. augmentative of mergulho
2. grebe (diving bird of the family Podicipedidae)

Related terms

• mergulhador
• mergulhante
• mergulhar
• mergulho

Further reading

• “mergulhão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mergulhão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026