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)

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