#zambullida

스쿠버 다이빙 English: Scuba diving Português:  Scuba diving (Mergulho) 日本語: スクーバダイビング   中文: 水肺潛水 Español:   Scuba diving (Zambullida)

의미:  물속에서 숨 쉴 수 있는 기구를 갖추고 물속에 들어가 즐기는 스포츠.

Salimos hacia el bar en ningún día concreto, la sombra nos ampara pero no somos discretos, el buen humor es nuestro mejor amuleto, el buen ardor es esta noche nuestro reto. En el punto de encuentro siempre alguien llega tarde, algunas gargantas por tanto alcohol ya arden, la ceguera de algunos no les impide que farden y que te cuenten su vida con exceso de alardes. ¿Estamos todos ya? Vamos a un bar cercano, no está lejos de aquí pero aún nos queda un tramo, allí siempre ponen buen Rock&Roll ochentero, se sale más felices y con menos dinero. ¡Otra más, camarero! Ponlo sin hielo, estoy lleno de líquido pero creo que vuelo. Mas no aguanto más, un momento, voy al baño, esperadme un rato, volveré en un par de años.

I should first preface this by saying that I have never seen zambullir without a reflexive attached to it, so I'm going to say that this is a rare "only reflexive" verb. If I'm wrong about that, please tell me.

The verb zambullirse has two meanings and they both involve the same general idea. The literal definition of zambullirse means "to dive" or "to plunge". This is because the word in its etymology is related to Latin sub meaning "under" and bullir which means "bubbles". So it means something like "to go under the bubbles/foam". As such la zambullida means "the dive" or "the plunge".

The second meaning is a bit more figurative and probably more common, being "to submerge oneself" or "to become engrossed/consumed by" something. It's synonymous with "to immerse" and "to submerge", and a very academic way of saying it.

In truth, it tends to be a bit idiomatic as se zambulle might mean "gets psyched up" or "goes ham (on something)". It tends to mean "to fully commit oneself" to something, so it's very good to use in the sense of dedication or extreme concentration.

*Language note: The sport of diving is known as el buceo and also works with SCUBA diving etc. Zambullir(se) "to dive" not "the act/sport of diving".

*Note: This verb exists in various incarnations because the ll sound gets corrupted into a simple i. All of these verbs are the same, though certain regions go for different spellings. I like to think of it like "color" and "colour" with English.

zambullir(se)

sabuir(se)

zabullir(se)

zabuir(se)

zambuir(se)

Either way the verbs are all regular -ir verbs except in the preterite where for the sake of pronunciation it turns to zambulló, zambulleron and then in imperfect subjunctive zambullera etc. 

**Note: If you were to use zambuir it would have the same general sound in the preterite - zambuyó and zambuyeron; zambuyera etc. The LL and Y have the same sound but are written differently.

Ella se dio una zambullida en esa novela. - She dove right into that novella.

No zambullirse en la piscina. - No diving in the pool.

El detective decidió zambullirse en la búsqueda. - The detective decided to dive right into the search.

Alicia en el país de las maravillas es su libro favorito; él se zambullía totalmente. - Alice in Wonderland is his favorite book; he became completely enthralled.

Me zambullí en la literatura. - I got absorbed in the literature.

Es importante zambullirse en tus estudios lingüísticos. - It's important to immerse oneself in your language studies.

Ese nadador se zambulló en los Juegos Olímpicos. - That swimmer dove in the Olympic Games.

Se ha zambullido. - He's gotten psyched up. [Idiomatic; it may also be "He dove" or "He plunged" depending on context.]