mergulhão
Portuguese
Etymology
From mergulho (“dive”) + -ão, or perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *merguliō, merguliōnem, a derivative of Latin mergus or mergulus. Compare Galician mergullón, Spanish somorgujón, variant of somorgujo, Leonese mergollón.
Noun
mergulhão m (plural mergulhões)
- Augmentative of mergulho
- grebe (diving bird of the family Podicipedidae)
Related terms
- mergulhador
- mergulhante
- mergulhar
- mergulho