bucear

From buzo +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /buθeˈaɾ/ [bu.θeˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /buseˈaɾ/ [bu.seˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bu‧ce‧ar

bucear (first-person singular present buceo, first-person singular preterite buceé, past participle buceado)

1. to dive, to swim under water

   Synonym: buzar

2. to snorkel
3. to work as a diver
4. (figuratively) to delve into
5. (slang, Venezuela) to ogle, to check out, to watch (e.g. an attractive person)

• “bucear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16