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]
    • (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]

Noun

mergulhão m (plural mergulhões)

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

Further reading

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