sumir

to plunge

sumir(soo-meer)

transitive verb

1. (to descend)

a. to plunge

Esta medicina sume a los pacientes en un estado de paz.

This medicine plunges patients into a state of peace.

b. to sink

La soledad sumió a Marta en una profunda depresión.

Solitude sank Marta into a deep depression.

2. (to submerge)

a. to plunge

El tsunami sumió la ciudad bajo el agua.

The tsunami plunged the city underwater.

3. (to make a dent in) (Andes)

(Mexico)

(Southern Cone)

a. to dent

Adrián pegó al coche con su bicicleta y lo sumió.

Adrián hit the car with his bicycle and dented it.

sumirse

pronominal verb

4. (to fall into depression)

a. to sink into

Los padres que pierden a un hijo se sumen en un gran estado de tristeza.

Parents who lose a child sink into a deep state of sadness.

b. to become lost

Sandra se sume en la desesperación cada vez que hace ejercicios de matemáticas.

Sandra becomes lost every time she does math exercises.

5. (to get a dent in) (Andes)

(Mexico)

(Southern Cone)

a. to get dented

La lata se sumió al caer al piso.

The can got dented when it fell on the floor.

6. (to become hollow)

a. to sink

La boca de mi abuelo se sumía cuando se quitaba la dentadura postiza.

My grandfather's mouth would sink when he would take his dentures out.

7. (to draw back in fear)

(Latin America)

a. to cower

Los niños se sumieron cuando apareció el profesor enfadado.

The children cowered when the angry teacher appeared.

sumir

transitive verb

1. (general)

a.

sumir a alguien ento plunge somebody into

pronominal verb

2. (depresión, sueño)

a. to sink into

3. (estudio, tema)

a. to immerse oneself in

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sumir

transitive verb

1 (hundir) (gen) to sink; plunge; [+mar, olas] to swallow up; suck down;

2 (abismar) to plunge;en into

el desastre lo sumió en la tristeza the disaster filled him with sadness

3 (And) (S. Cone) (México) (abollar) to dent

pronominal verb

sumirse

1 (hundirse) to sink

2 [+agua] to run away

3

sumirse en el estudio to throw o.s. into one's studies; sumirse en la duda to be seized by doubt; sumirse en la tristeza to be filled with sadness

4 [+boca, pecho] to sink; be sunken; become hollow

5 (Latinoamérica) (encogerse) to cower; cringe; (desanimarse) to lose heart; (callar) to fall silent from fear; clam up

6

sumirse el sombrero (Latinoamérica) to pull one's hat down over one's eyes