Submarines · Submarinos

9 Spanish words — each with a picture, audio and an example sentence. Below the surface.

English	Spanish · Español	Notes
submarine	el submarino	Built from sub- (under) + marino (of the sea).
to dive	sumergirse	🔗 Word familysumergir (to submerge); recreational diving is bucear.
depth	la profundidad	🔗 Word familyprofundo (deep).
periscope	el periscopio	From Greek peri- (around) + -scope; no written accent: periscopio.
torpedo	el torpedo	Originally Latin for the electric ray (the 'numbing' fish) — hence the weapon's name.
crew	la tripulación	Like all -ción nouns it's feminine; the verb is tripular (to crew a vessel).
pressure	la presión	🔗 Word familypresionar (to press, to pressure).
oxygen	el oxígeno	Stress on the -í-: oxígeno; note the ending -geno.
dive	la inmersión	Spelling trap: inm-, not imm- as in English 'immersion' — inmersión.