potopíti to plunge (v in, into); to dip (in, into; v vodo into the water); to immerse; (ladjo) to sink; to drown; (poplaviti) to overflow, to flood, to swallow up, to engulf; (ladjo z navrtanjem luknje) to scuttle;
potopíti se to sink, to go down; (utoniti) to drown, to be drowned
potopíti se v to plunge into; to founder, to be wrecked, to go to the bottom