Surface in Portuguese

In Portuguese

emergir

Definition

Definition in EnglishOf a submarine or a diver: to come up to the surface of the water.

Definition in PortugueseSubir até a superfície da água, falando de um submarino ou de um mergulhador.

No verão passado um submarino emergiu bem no meio da baía, e metade da praia achou que era uma baleia.
A sub surfaced right in the middle of the bay last summer, and half the beach thought it was a whale.
Meu pai serviu num submarino a diesel velho que tinha que emergir toda noite pra carregar as baterias. Até hoje ele inveja os submarinos nucleares.
Dad served on an old diesel sub that had to surface every night to charge its batteries — he still envies the nuclear-powered ones.