afundar

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese afondar, from Vulgar Latin *affundāre, derived from fundus (bottom). By surface analysis, a- +‎ fundo +‎ -ar. Compare Galician afondar, Spanish ahondar.

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  • Hyphenation: a‧fun‧dar

Verb[edit]

afundar (first-person singular present afundo, first-person singular preterite afundei, past participle afundado)

  1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to sink (descend into liquid, etc)
  2. (transitive) to sink (cause to sink)
    • 2017 April 24, João Ruela Ribeiro, “Coreia do Norte ameaça afundar porta-aviões norte-americano”, in Público[1]:
      A Coreia do Norte garantiu estar preparada para responder ao que entende ser uma provocação dos seus rivais. “As nossas forças revolucionárias estão preparadas militarmente para afundar o porta-aviões nuclear dos EUA com apenas um ataque”, escreveu o Rodong Sinmun, o jornal oficial do Partido dos Trabalhadores da Coreia.
      North Korea has said it is prepared to respond to what it sees as provocation by its rivals. “Our revolutionary forces are militarily prepared to sink the US nuclear aircraft carrier with just one strike,” wrote Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Workers' Party of Korea.
  3. (intransitive, basketball) to dunk, to slam dunk

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