Learn Romanian › scufundă
scufundă
sinks / submerges /skuˈfundə/
verb#5441 most common
Also: dives (of a submarine, swimmer), submerges (something), sinks into (figurative, e.g. thought)
Example sentences
Vaporul se scufundă încet.
The ship sinks slowly.
Copilul se scufundă în piscină.
The child dives into the pool.
Submarinul se scufundă la mare adâncime.
The submarine dives to a great depth.
Scufundă mingea în apă ca să vezi ce se întâmplă.
Submerge the ball in water to see what happens.
Insula se scufundă tot mai mult din cauza încălzirii globale.
The island is sinking more and more because of global warming.
Deși echipajul a încercat să repare gaura, vasul se scufundă rapid sub privirile neputincioase ale tuturor.
Although the crew tried to patch the hole, the vessel sinks fast before everyone's helpless eyes.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | scufund | scufundai | voi scufunda |
| 2sg | scufunzi | scufundași | vei scufunda |
| 3sg | scufundă | scufundă | va scufunda |
| 1pl | scufundăm | scufundarăm | vom scufunda |
| 2pl | scufundați | scufundarăți | veți scufunda |
| 3pl | scufundă | scufundară | vor scufunda |
Word family
scufundaresinking, submersion, dive
scufundatsunk, submerged
scufundătordiver
fundbottomafundato deepen, sink into
Etymology
"Scufundă" is the third-person present form of "a scufunda," built from the intensifying prefix "s-" (a reflex of Latin "ex-") attached to a root tied to "fund," the Romanian word for bottom, itself from Latin "fundus." The sense is literally to push something down to the bottom. The same Latin root gives Romanian "profund" (deep) and "fundament" (foundation).
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