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tragar.

to swallow (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/tɾaˈɡaɾ/[t̪ɾaˈɣ̞aɾ]
  1. to swallow (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)

    transitive
    Dijo algo tan ridículo que casi olvidé tragarme la comida.
  2. to swallow, consume, absorb (take (something) in so that it disappears)

    transitive
    La oscuridad se tragó el bosque.
  3. to gulp, swallow, devour (eat quickly and eagerly)

    transitive
  4. to buy into, fall for (easily believe something without questioning)

    pronominal · transitive
  5. to stand, tolerate

    pronominal · transitive
  6. to eat

    colloquial · proscribed
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tragāre, possibly from Doric Greek τράγω (trágō), in which case cognate with Attic Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, “to eat, to swallow”). Alternatively, Coromines suggests an origin ultimately in dracō (“dragon”), via an attested tracō (“underground cavern”), in the sense of "that which swallows [things] up". Cognate with Catalan dragar, Aragonese, Galician, and Portuguese tragar.

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