afundir
Portuguese, verb/a.fũˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
afundir is spelled A-F-U-N-D-I-R (7 letters). Afundir is a Portuguese verb meaning “founder (to sink)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “afundar, pôr no fundo”.
What does afundir mean in English?
verb
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founder (to sink)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. afundar, pôr no fundo 2. baixar, descer, sumir-se 3. cair por terra, prostrar-se
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of afundir
- afundo first-person present singular
- afundi first-person preterite singular
- afundido participle past
- afundires infinitive second-person singular
- afundirmos first-person infinitive plural
- afundirdes infinitive plural second-person
- afundirem infinitive plural third-person
- afundindo gerund
- afundidos masculine participle past
- afundida feminine participle past
- afundidas feminine participle past
- afundes indicative present second-person
- afunde indicative present singular
- afundimos first-person indicative plural
- afundis indicative plural present
- afundem indicative plural present
- afundia first-person imperfect indicative
- afundias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afundir?
- Brazil /a.fũˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.fũˈd͡ʒi(h)]
- /a.fũˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afundir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.