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submarinista

diver

noun soob-mah-ree-NEES-tah Rare

Also means

scuba diver

Usage Note

Submarinista is a common-gender noun — el submarinista / la submarinista — and refers specifically to someone who dives with breathing apparatus (scuba). For free-diving (breath-hold) Spanish more often uses apneísta or buceador de apnea. The related submarino (m) means a submarine vessel.

Examples

"La submarinista exploró el arrecife de coral."

Natural Translation

The diver explored the coral reef.

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