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engullir.

to wolf, gulp down

8 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/enɡuˈʝiɾ/[ẽŋ.ɡuˈʝiɾ]/enɡuˈʝiɾ/[ẽŋ.ɡuˈʝiɾ]
  1. to wolf, gulp down

    transitive
  2. to swallow up

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From gula, or from a Vulgar Latin *ingullīre, from Latin gula. Compare Catalan and Portuguese engolir, Italian ingollare. Not cognate with English engulf, despite similar phonetics and meaning.

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