immersion

inmersión

Dedicación intensa a una actividad o contacto constante con una lengua o cultura.

En inglés sencillo: Being deeply involved in an activity or surrounded by a language or culture.

• Immersion helped me learn Spanish.
• The course offers complete immersion in the language.
• His long immersion in research left little time for friends.

Cómo se usa: immersion in something (Her immersion in local life helped her understand the culture.)

Sinónimos: involvement, absorption

Expresiones frecuentes: language immersion, immersion in something, total immersion

bautismo por inmersión, inmersión

Introducir a una persona completamente en el agua durante una ceremonia cristiana de bautismo.

En inglés sencillo: Putting a person completely under water as part of a Christian religious ceremony.

• The church practices baptism by immersion.
• Her immersion took place in the river.
• The priest explained the meaning of immersion before the ceremony.

Expresiones frecuentes: baptism by immersion, full immersion

inmersión

Sensación de estar tan metido en una historia o juego que su mundo parece real.

En inglés sencillo: Feeling so involved in a story or game that its imaginary world seems real.

• The music adds to the game’s immersion.
• Frequent errors broke my immersion in the story.
• Realistic characters create a strong sense of immersion.

Sinónimos: absorption

Expresiones frecuentes: break immersion, player immersion, sense of immersion

calentador de inmersión

Aparato eléctrico situado dentro de un depósito para calentar el agua.

En inglés sencillo: An electric device inside a water tank that heats the water.

• The immersion heats our water.
• Did you leave the immersion on overnight?
• We replaced the broken immersion before winter.

Sinónimos: immersion heater

Expresiones frecuentes: switch the immersion, immersion switch