{"id":1740,"date":"2010-11-23T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=1740"},"modified":"2010-11-21T00:37:19","modified_gmt":"2010-11-21T00:37:19","slug":"the-word-mergulho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-word-mergulho\/","title":{"rendered":"The Word Mergulho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mergulho<\/strong> has\u00a0 few different meanings, so it&#8217;s a useful Portuguese vocabulary word to know, especially when traveling.<\/p>\n<p>1. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Scuba Diving<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is the noun used for scuba in Brazilian Portuguese. Here&#8217;s an example:<\/p>\n<p><em>Durante as f\u00e9rias, gosto de curtir a praia e fazer mergulho<\/em>. During the holidays, I like to enjoy the beach and go scuba diving.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this amazing mergulho in Fernando de Noronha!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Diving Fernando de Noronha - Brazil\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2m9K6UtX7HE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>2. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Dive<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This can mean to dive or jump into water, or to dive in the scuba diving sense. It can also mean to dive in the sense of entering something rapidly.<\/p>\n<p><em>Me ensina mergulhar?<\/em> Will you teach me how to dive?<\/p>\n<p><em>Mergulho em uma paix\u00e3o<\/em> &#8211; the translation for the title of the film &#8220;Wild Hearts Can&#8217;t Be Broken,&#8221; which literally refers to diving into a passion<\/p>\n<p><em>Os meninos est\u00e3o mergulhando na piscina.<\/em> The boys are diving into the pool.<\/p>\n<p>Do not try this at home!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YgF2uCHEfhU\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YgF2uCHEfhU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Plunge \/ Tailspin<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This refers to an object, like a plane, going into a rapid downward descent in the air. This can also refer to a person jumping in the air when skydiving, which in Portuguese is called <em>paraquedismo<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>O avi\u00e3o foi atingido por raio e mergulhou.<\/em> The plane was hit by lightning and took a nosedive.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tenho medo de fazer mergulho do avi\u00e3o.<\/em> I&#8217;m afraid to jump out of a plane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mergulho has\u00a0 few different meanings, so it&#8217;s a useful Portuguese vocabulary word to know, especially when traveling. 1. Scuba Diving This is the noun used for scuba in Brazilian Portuguese. Here&#8217;s an example: Durante as f\u00e9rias, gosto de curtir a praia e fazer mergulho. During the holidays, I like to enjoy the beach and go&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-word-mergulho\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[12575,12574,3007,2410,12576,379357],"class_list":["post-1740","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-dive","tag-mergulho","tag-noun","tag-portuguese","tag-scuba","tag-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1740"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1748,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740\/revisions\/1748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}