dive

Pronúncia: daɪv
    noun
  1. cabussament, capbussament.
  2. [artistic, from board, etc.] salt
  3. springboard dive salt de trampolí.
  4. swallow dive salt de l'àngel.

  5. [by professional diver, of submarine] immersió.

  6. Aeronautics picat.
  7. spinning dive caiguda en barrina.
  8. [also low dive] colloquial taverna, bar de mala mort.
    9. intransitive verb
  9. [duck, etc.] cabussar-se
  10. [from bank etc.] cabussejar
  11. [artistically] saltar.
  12. [professional diver] bussejar, submergir-se.
  13. [submarine] submergir-se.
  14. to dive into the water tirar-se a l'aigua, cabussejar.
  15. to dive into the river tirar-se al riu.

  16. Aeronautics baixar en picat.

  17. to dive for cover buscar aixopluc, aixoplugar-se precipitadament.
  18. to dive for pearls submergir-se en cerca de perles, pescar perles.
  19. to dive into a book figurative submergirse en (la lectura d')un llibre.
  20. to dive into one's pocket butxaquejar.
  21. to dive into a bar (entrar \ ficar-se) en un bar.

  22. desaparèixer, esvanir-se.
  23. the pickpocket dived into a dark street el carterista va desaparèixer per un carrer fosc.