engolir

Catalan

Etymology

From gola, or from a Old Occitan engolir, from a Vulgar Latin *ingullīre, from Latin gula.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əŋ.ɡuˈli/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /eŋ.ɡoˈliɾ/
  • Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

engolir (first-person singular present engoleixo, past participle engolit)

  1. to swallow (to ingest)

Conjugation


Occitan

Etymology

From gola, or from a Old Occitan engolir, from a Vulgar Latin *ingullīre, from Latin gula.

Verb

engolir

  1. to swallow (to ingest)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.


Portuguese

Etymology

From gola, or from a Old Portuguese engolir, from a Vulgar Latin *ingullīre, from Latin gula.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

engolir (first-person singular present indicative engulo, past participle engolido)

  1. (transitive) to swallow, to consume food
    1. (transitive) to eat very fast
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to swallow, to believe, to accept
  3. (transitive) to fail to pronounce

Conjugation

Derived terms

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