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Meaning of потъвам | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2 Specialized
[poˈtɤvɐm]

Definitions

  1. to sink, to submerge (to descend into a liquid or other substance or material)
    intransitive
  2. to be engulfed, to be lost, to be absorbed
    figuratively, intransitive

Equivalents

Bosanski dim lan
Català submergir
English sink Submerge
Esperanto subakviĝi
Español sumergir sumergirse sumir sumirse
Suomi sukeltaa upota upottaa vajota
Gaeilge tum
Galego mergullar
Hrvatski dim lan
Magyar merít merül süllyed süllyeszt
Bahasa Indonesia tenggelam
Italiano sommergere
日本語 沈む 沈める
Kurdî dim lan tum
Latina summergō
Nederlands afzinken
Português submerge submergir
Српски dim lan
Türkçe batırmak batmak
Tiếng Việt chim dím lán

Examples

“Корабът потъна на дъното на морето.”

The ship sank to the bottom of the sea.

“Возилото беше потънало в пламъци.”

The vehicle was engulfed in flames.

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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