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engolir.

to swallow, to consume food

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

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  1. to swallow, to consume food

    transitive
  2. to swallow, to consume food to eat very fast

    transitive
  3. to swallow, to believe, to accept

    colloquial · transitive
  4. to fail to pronounce

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.