dive

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From Middle English diven, duven, from the merger of Old English dȳfan (“to dip, immerse”, transitive weak verb) (from Proto-Germanic *dūbijaną) and dūfan (“to duck, dive, sink, penetrate”, intransitive strong verb) (past participle ġedofen). Cognate with Icelandic dýfa (“to dip, dive”), Low German bedaven (“covered, covered with water”). See also deep, dip.

From Italian dive; see diva.

256 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: скок във вода (skok vǎv voda) — a jump into water
• Chinese Cantonese: 跳水 (tiu3 seoi2) — a jump into water
• Dutch: duik — a jump into water
• Finnish: sukellus — a jump into water
• French: plongeon — a jump into water
• Galician: mergullo — a jump into water
• Greek: βουτιά (voutiá) — a jump into water
• Indonesian: meloncat ke dalam air — a jump into water
• Italian: tuffo — a jump into water
• Portuguese: mergulho — a jump into water
• Romanian: plonjare — a jump into water
• Russian: ныро́к (nyrók) — a jump into water
• Russian: прыжо́к (pryžók) — a jump into water
• Spanish: clavado — a jump into water
• Spanish: zambullida — a jump into water
• Spanish: piscinazo — a jump into water
• Spanish: clavada — a jump into water
• Spanish: zambullidura — a jump into water
• Spanish: zambullimiento — a jump into water
• Spanish: zambullón — a jump into water
• Spanish: zabullida — a jump into water
• Spanish: zabullidura — a jump into water
• Spanish: zabullimiento — a jump into water
• Swedish: dyk — a jump into water
• Bulgarian: гмуркане (gmurkane) — a swim under water
• Dutch: duik — a swim under water
• Finnish: sukellus — a swim under water
• French: plongée — a swim under water
• Galician: mergullo — a swim under water
• German: Tauchen — a swim under water
• Hebrew: צלילה (tslilá) — a swim under water
• Indonesian: menyelam — a swim under water
• Italian: immersione — a swim under water
• Korean: 무자맥질 (mujamaekjil) — a swim under water
• Korean: 잠수 (jamsu) — a swim under water
• Korean: 잠수(潜水)) (jamsu) — a swim under water
• Portuguese: mergulho — a swim under water
• Romanian: scufundare — a swim under water
• Spanish: buceo — a swim under water
• Swedish: dyk — a swim under water
• Bulgarian: спускане (spuskane) — a decline
• Finnish: lasku — a decline
• French: plongée — a decline
• Italian: caduta — a decline
• Portuguese: queda — a decline
• Romanian: alunecare — a decline
• Dutch: kelderrestaurant — seedy bar
• Dutch: buurtcafé — seedy bar
• Finnish: räkälä — seedy bar
• French: gargote — seedy bar
• French: bouge — seedy bar
• French: boui-boui — seedy bar
• German: Spelunke — seedy bar
• German: Kaschemme — seedy bar
• Italian: bettola — seedy bar
• Polish: knajpa — seedy bar
• Polish: speluna — seedy bar
• Polish: mordownia — seedy bar
• Polish: melina — seedy bar
• Polish: spelunka — seedy bar
• Polish: dziura — seedy bar
• Polish: nora — seedy bar
• Portuguese: antro — seedy bar
• Portuguese: inferninho — seedy bar
• Russian: каба́к (kabák) — seedy bar
• Russian: забега́ловка (zabegálovka) — seedy bar
• Russian: пивну́шка (pivnúška) — seedy bar
• Spanish: antro — seedy bar
• Spanish: bareto — seedy bar
• Swedish: sunkhak — seedy bar
• Ottoman Turkish: باتاقخانه (batakhane) — seedy bar
• Azerbaijani: şığıma — aerial descend with the nose pointed down
• Bulgarian: пикиране (pikirane) — aerial descend with the nose pointed down
• Finnish: syöksy — aerial descend with the nose pointed down
• French: piqué — aerial descend with the nose pointed down
• Hebrew: צלילה (tslilá) — aerial descend with the nose pointed down
• Italian: picchiata — aerial descend with the nose pointed down
• Portuguese: mergulho — aerial descend with the nose pointed down
• Russian: пике́ (piké) — aerial descend with the nose pointed down
• Russian: пики́рование (pikírovanije) — aerial descend with the nose pointed down
• Catalan: estirada — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Chinese Cantonese: 插水 (caap3 seoi2) — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Chinese Mandarin: 假摔 (jiǎshuāi) — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Dutch: schwalbe — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Dutch: fopduik — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Finnish: näytteleminen — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Finnish: filmaaminen — deliberate fall after a challenge
• French: chiqué — deliberate fall after a challenge
• French: comédie — deliberate fall after a challenge
• German: Schwalbe — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Italian: simulazione — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Norwegian Bokmål: filming — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Norwegian Bokmål: simulering — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Portuguese: simulação — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Spanish: piscinazo — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Spanish: piletazo — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Swedish: filmning — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Thai: การพุ่งล้ม — deliberate fall after a challenge
• Arabic: غَاصَ (ḡāṣa) — to swim under water
• Assamese: ডুব মাৰা (dubo mara) — to swim under water
• Assamese: ডুব মৰা (dubo mora) — to swim under water
• Belarusian: ныра́ць (nyrácʹ) — to swim under water
• Belarusian: нырну́ць (nyrnúcʹ) — to swim under water
• Bulgarian: гмуркам се (gmurkam se) — to swim under water
• Catalan: capbussar-se — to swim under water
• Catalan: nedar — to swim under water
• Catalan: bussejar — to swim under water
• Chinese Mandarin: 潛水 /潜水 (qiánshuǐ) — to swim under water
• Czech: potopit — to swim under water
• Danish: dykke — to swim under water
• Dutch: duiken — to swim under water
• Dutch: onderwaterzwemmen — to swim under water
• Esperanto: plonĝi — to swim under water
• Esperanto: subakviĝi — to swim under water
• Faroese: kava — to swim under water
• Finnish: sukeltaa — to swim under water
• French: nager — to swim under water
• French: plonger — to swim under water
• Galician: mergullar — to swim under water
• Georgian: ყვინთვა (q̇vintva) — to swim under water
• Georgian: ჩაყვინთვა (čaq̇vintva) — to swim under water
• German: tauchen — to swim under water
• Hawaiian: luʻu — to swim under water
• Hebrew: צָלַל (tsalál) — to swim under water
• Hindi: डुबकी (ḍubkī) — to swim under water
• Hungarian: búvárkodik — to swim under water
• Icelandic: kafa — to swim under water
• Indonesian: menyelam — to swim under water
• Italian: immergersi — to swim under water
• Japanese: 潜る (moguru) — to swim under water
• Korean: 잠수하다 (jamsuhada) — to swim under water
• Latgalian: nirkuot — to swim under water
• Latin: urinor — to swim under water
• Latvian: nirt — to swim under water
• Latvian: ņurkot — to swim under water
• Luxembourgish: dauchen — to swim under water
• Manchu: ᡶᡠᡵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (furimbi) — to swim under water
• Māori: ruku — to swim under water
• Nanai: пурин- (purin-) — to swim under water
• Norwegian Bokmål: dykke — to swim under water
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dykka — to swim under water
• Old English: dūfan — to swim under water
• Polish: nurkować — to swim under water
• Polish: zanurkować — to swim under water
• Portuguese: mergulhar — to swim under water
• Quechua: ch'ultikuy — to swim under water
• Rapa Nui: ruku — to swim under water
• Russian: ныря́ть (nyrjátʹ) — to swim under water
• Russian: нырну́ть (nyrnútʹ) — to swim under water
• Serbo-Croatian: roniti — to swim under water
• Spanish: bucear — to swim under water
• Spanish: somorgujar — to swim under water
• Swedish: dyka — to swim under water
• Thai: ดํา (dam) — to swim under water
• Turkish: dalmak — to swim under water
• Ottoman Turkish: طالمق (dalmak) — to swim under water
• Ukrainian: ниря́ти (nyrjáty) — to swim under water
• Uzbek: suvga — to swim under water
• Vietnamese: lặn — to swim under water
• Arabic: غَطْسَ (ḡaṭsa) — to jump into water head-first
• Arabic: يقفز الى الماء — to jump into water head-first
• Arabic: غطس (ḡṭas) — to jump into water head-first
• Arabic: نقز فالما (naqqaz f-el-mā) — to jump into water head-first
• Assamese: ডুব দে (dubo de) — to jump into water head-first
• Belarusian: ныра́ць (nyrácʹ) — to jump into water head-first
• Belarusian: нырну́ць (nyrnúcʹ) — to jump into water head-first
• Catalan: capbussar-se — to jump into water head-first
• Chinese Cantonese: 跳水 (tiu3 seoi2) — to jump into water head-first
• Chinese Mandarin: 跳水 (tiàoshuǐ) — to jump into water head-first
• Dutch: duiken — to jump into water head-first
• Esperanto: plonĝi — to jump into water head-first
• Finnish: sukeltaa — to jump into water head-first
• French: se plonger — to jump into water head-first
• Galician: mergullar — to jump into water head-first
• German: einen Kopfsprung machen — to jump into water head-first
• Greek: κατάδυση (katádysi) — to jump into water head-first
• Hebrew: קפץ ראש (kafáts rosh) — to jump into water head-first
• Hindi: डुबकी (ḍubkī) — to jump into water head-first
• Icelandic: stinga sér — to jump into water head-first
• Indonesian: loncat indah — to jump into water head-first
• Irish: tum — to jump into water head-first
• Italian: tuffarsi — to jump into water head-first
• Japanese: 飛び込む (tobikomu) — to jump into water head-first
• Korean: 뛰어들다 (ttwieodeulda) — to jump into water head-first
• Latin: praeceps dēsiliō — to jump into water head-first
• Latvian: nirt — to jump into water head-first
• Māori: titipou — to jump into water head-first
• Māori: tūpou — to jump into water head-first
• Māori: tirikohu — to jump into water head-first
• Māori: tiripou — to jump into water head-first
• Norwegian Bokmål: stupe — to jump into water head-first
• Polish: dawać nura — to jump into water head-first
• Polish: dać nura — to jump into water head-first
• Polish: nurkować — to jump into water head-first
• Polish: zanurkować — to jump into water head-first
• Portuguese: mergulhar — to jump into water head-first
• Rapa Nui: ruku — to jump into water head-first
• Romanian: plonja — to jump into water head-first
• Russian: ныря́ть (nyrjátʹ) — to jump into water head-first
• Russian: нырну́ть (nyrnútʹ) — to jump into water head-first
• Spanish: hacer un clavado — to jump into water head-first
• Spanish: zambullirse — to jump into water head-first
• Spanish: zabullirse — to jump into water head-first
• Spanish: zampuzarse — to jump into water head-first
• Swedish: dyka — to jump into water head-first
• Ottoman Turkish: طالمق (dalmak) — to jump into water head-first
• Ukrainian: пірна́ти (pirnáty) — to jump into water head-first
• Ukrainian: пірну́ти (pirnúty) — to jump into water head-first
• Uzbek: suvga — to jump into water head-first
• Walloon: plonkî — to jump into water head-first
• Bulgarian: потапям се (potapjam se) — to descend
• Chinese Mandarin: 驟降 /骤降 (zhòujiàng) — to descend
• Chinese Mandarin: 暴跌 (bàodiē) — to descend
• Esperanto: plonĝi — to descend
• Finnish: sukeltaa — to descend
• Finnish: laskeutua — to descend
• French: plonger — to descend
• German: abtauchen — to descend
• Hebrew: צָלַל (tsalál) — to descend
• Irish: tum — to descend
• Polish: zanurzać się — to descend
• Polish: zanurzyć się — to descend
• Portuguese: despencar — to descend
• Russian: погружа́ться (pogružátʹsja) — to descend
• Russian: погрузи́ться (pogruzítʹsja) — to descend
• Russian: пики́ровать (pikírovatʹ) — to descend
• Spanish: descender — to descend
• Swedish: dyka — to descend
• Dutch: duiken — undertake enthusiastically
• Finnish: uppoutua — undertake enthusiastically
• French: se plonger — undertake enthusiastically
• German: eintauchen — undertake enthusiastically
• German: abtauchen — undertake enthusiastically
• Russian: погружа́ться (pogružátʹsja) — undertake enthusiastically
• Russian: погрузи́ться (pogruzítʹsja) — undertake enthusiastically
• Russian: уйти́ с голово́й (ujtí s golovój) — undertake enthusiastically
• Russian: окуну́ться (okunútʹsja) — undertake enthusiastically
• Swedish: dyka — undertake enthusiastically
• Chinese Cantonese: 插水 (caap3 seoi2) — sports: imitate a foul
• Czech: nafilmovat — sports: imitate a foul
• Danish: filme — sports: imitate a foul
• Dutch: een schwalbe maken — sports: imitate a foul
• Dutch: een fopduik maken — sports: imitate a foul
• Dutch: fopduiken — sports: imitate a foul
• Finnish: filmata — sports: imitate a foul
• French: chiquer — sports: imitate a foul
• French: jouer la comédie — sports: imitate a foul
• German: eine Schwalbe machen — sports: imitate a foul
• Hebrew: צָלַל (tsalál) — sports: imitate a foul
• Norwegian Bokmål: filme — sports: imitate a foul
• Portuguese: simular — sports: imitate a foul
• Russian: ныря́ть (nyrjátʹ) — sports: imitate a foul
• Russian: симули́ровать (simulírovatʹ) — sports: imitate a foul
• Spanish: tirarse a la piscina — sports: imitate a foul
• Swedish: filma — sports: imitate a foul
• Spanish: profundizar — 11. (intransitive) to plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business