submergir
Portuguese, verb/su.bi.meʁˈʒi(ʁ)/
submergir is spelled S-U-B-M-E-R-G-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,059th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Submergir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to submerge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “afundar na água”.
What does submergir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to submerge
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. afundar na água
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo submergir 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo submergir 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo submergir 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo submergir
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 submergir
- submirjo first-person present singular
- submerjo first-person present singular
- submerge present singular third-person
- submergi first-person preterite singular
- submergido participle past
- submerso participle past short-form
- i-e alternation
- g-j alternation
- submergires infinitive second-person singular
- submergirmos first-person infinitive plural
- submergirdes infinitive plural second-person
- submergirem infinitive plural third-person
- submergindo gerund
- submersos masculine participle past
- submersa feminine participle past
- submersas feminine participle past
- submergidos long-form masculine participle
- submergida feminine long-form participle
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce submergir?
- Brazil /su.bi.meʁˈʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [su.bi.meɦˈʒi(h)]
- Brazil /sub.meʁˈʒi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to submergir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is submergir in Portuguese?
submergir appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).