sumirse

Definitions of sumirse
  1. verb
    descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
    synonyms: adentrarse, dejarse ir, hundirse
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    type of:
    descender
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
  2. verb
    fall or descend to a lower place or level
    synonyms: caer, hundirse
    caerse, dejar caer
    let fall to the ground
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    types:
    combarse
    droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
    combarse
    cause to sag
    encorvarse, hundirse, inclinarse
    assume a drooping posture or carriage
  3. verb
    go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
    synonyms: hundirse, naufragar, sumergirse
    hundir, sumergir, sumir
    cause to sink
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    antonyms:
    flotar, nadar
    be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
    flotar, nadar
    set afloat
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    types:
    sumergir, sumergirse
    sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
    saltar de cabeza, zambullirse
    plunge into water
    type of:
    descender
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
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