dragar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dɾəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [dɾaˈɣaɾ]

Perhaps from drac (“dragon”) +‎ -ar, i.e. "to devour in the manner of a dragon".

dragar (first-person singular present drago, first-person singular preterite draguí, past participle dragat)

1. (transitive) to swallow, to devour

   Synonym: tragar

• dragador

From draga +‎ -ar.

dragar (first-person singular present drago, first-person singular preterite draguí, past participle dragat)

1. (transitive) to dredge

• dragalina
• dragatge

• “dragar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

draga +‎ -ar, from English drag.

• Hyphenation: dra‧gar

dragar (first-person singular present drago, first-person singular preterite draguei, past participle dragado)

1. to dredge

From draga +‎ -ar, borrowed from French drague, from draguer (“to dredge”), in turn borrowed from English drag (“to drag”).

• IPA^(key): /dɾaˈɡaɾ/ [d̪ɾaˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: dra‧gar

dragar (first-person singular present drago, first-person singular preterite dragué, past participle dragado)

1. to dredge

• “dragar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024