Kilo Lingo

/unˈdiɾ/

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Translation

to sink, to plunge

Word origin

From Latin fundere ('to pour, to melt down'), which also developed the sense of sinking or collapsing.

Origin
Latin
Root
fundere
English cognates
found, fusion, confound

Grammar

Verb type-ir regular

Examples

hundirse .

The ship began to sink into the sea.

.

I do not want to dash your hopes.

embarcaciones.

The storm sank several boats.

¿ ?

Why did that roof cave in?

barca.

The weight of the water sank the boat.

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This word is part of lesson 71.