sumergir

v.

to submerge.

sumergir en el caos to plunge into chaos

el libro sumerge al lector en otra época the book immerses the reader in another age

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sumergir

Conjugation model [DIRIGIR], like {{link=dirigir}}dirigir

► verbo transitivo

1 (meter bajo líquido) to submerge, submerse, immerse

2 figurado (hundir) to plunge, sink

► verbo pronominal sumergirse

1 (meterse bajo líquido) to submerge (en, in), go underwater

2 figurado to become immersed (en, in)

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1.

VT [completamente] to immerse; [parcialmente] to dip (en in)

sumergir la bolsa en agua hirviendo — put the bag into the boiling water

2.

See:

sumergirse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (en líquido) to immerse, submerge

sumergí la cabeza en el agua — I put my head under the water

b)

sumergir a alguien EN algo — en pobreza/guerra to plunge somebody into something; (en ambiente) to immerse somebody in something

2.

sumergirse v pron

a) submarino/buzo to dive, submerge

b) en ambiente to immerse oneself

sumergirse EN algo — to immerse oneself in something

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= dip, immerse, submerge, plunge.

Ex. Two sheets were made each time the two-sheet mould was dipped by the maker into the vat, and they were turned out together on to a single felt by the coucher.

Ex. The whole box was then immersed for about ten minutes in a pit of molten metal.

Ex. Though the liaison is valuable there is a danger of the National Archives' representatives being too submerged in the President's ambit to be fully impartial.

Ex. Watering the fern is best done by plunging the entire plant into a large container of room-temperature water.

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* sumergirse = dive, go under, plunge, dive in.

* sumergirse en = immerse + Reflexivo + in, sink into.

* sumergirse en la clandestinidad = go into + hiding.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (en líquido) to immerse, submerge

sumergí la cabeza en el agua — I put my head under the water

b)

sumergir a alguien EN algo — en pobreza/guerra to plunge somebody into something; (en ambiente) to immerse somebody in something

2.

sumergirse v pron

a) submarino/buzo to dive, submerge

b) en ambiente to immerse oneself

sumergirse EN algo — to immerse oneself in something

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= dip, immerse, submerge, plunge.

Ex: Two sheets were made each time the two-sheet mould was dipped by the maker into the vat, and they were turned out together on to a single felt by the coucher.

Ex: The whole box was then immersed for about ten minutes in a pit of molten metal.

Ex: Though the liaison is valuable there is a danger of the National Archives' representatives being too submerged in the President's ambit to be fully impartial.

Ex: Watering the fern is best done by plunging the entire plant into a large container of room-temperature water.

* sumergirse = dive, go under, plunge, dive in.

* sumergirse en = immerse + Reflexivo + in, sink into.

* sumergirse en la clandestinidad = go into + hiding.

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sumergir [I7 ]

vt

1 (en un líquido) to immerse, submerge

se sumerge en el ácido you submerge o immerse it in the acid

sumergí la cabeza en el agua I put my head under the water

2 (en una situación) sumergir a algn EN algo:

han sumergido al país en la miseria they have plunged the country into poverty

el autor sumerge al lector en la vida rural the author immerses the reader in rural life

■ sumergirse

v pron

1 «submarino/buzo» to dive, submerge

2 (en un ambiente) to immerse oneself sumergirse EN algo to immerse oneself IN sth

se sumerge en su trabajo he immerses himself in his work

se sumergen en el mundo de la droga they get into o get involved in the drug scene

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sumergir (conjugate sumergir) verbo transitivo (en líquido) to immerse, submerge
sumergirse verbo pronominal

a) [submarino/buzo] to dive, submerge

b) (en ambiente) to immerse oneself

sumergir verbo transitivo to immerse, submerge, submerse
'sumergir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sumir
English:
duck
- immerse
- plunge
- submerge

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sumergir

♦ vt

1. [hundir] to submerge;

[con fuerza] to plunge; [bañar] to dip;

sumergir en el caos to plunge into chaos

2. [abstraer] to immerse;

el libro sumerge al lector en otra época the book immerses the reader in another age

♦ See also the pronominal verb sumergirse

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sumergir

v/t submerge, immerse

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sumergir {35} vt

: to submerge, to immerse, to plunge

♦ sumergirse vr

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sumergir vb to put in the water [pt. & pp. put]

sumergí la mano en el agua I put my hand in the water