hundida

Hundida is a term in the Spanish language that functions as the feminine past participle of the verb hundir, meaning sunk or submerged. In grammatical use, hundida is an adjective or participial form modifying feminine nouns, for example in phrases such as costa hundida or ciudad hundida. It can also appear in compound descriptions to denote objects that lie beneath a surface, whether natural or artificial.

In geography and archaeology, hundida is used to describe sites, features, or landscapes that have been submerged due to subsidence, coastal flooding, or sea-level change. The expression ciudad hundida is common in discussions of sunken urban areas or submerged ruins, while costas hundidas refer to submerged coastlines or shelf areas.

As a proper noun, hundida may appear as a place name or surname in Spanish-speaking contexts, though it is relatively rare. In literature and media, it can be employed metaphorically to convey themes of overwhelm, loss, or concealment, as well as to evoke underwater or hidden settings.

In other languages, equivalent terms exist, such as sunk, submerged, or hundirse with respective inflections. The root verb hundir shares cognates in related Romance languages, reflecting common semantic fields of sinking or burying. See also: hundir, hundimiento, submerged, sunken city.