engolfar
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
engolfar (first-person singular present engolfo, first-person singular preterite engolfí, past participle engolfat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
- (transitive) to hinge
Conjugation
Conjugation of engolfar (first conjugation)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
engolfar
- only used in s'... engolfar, syntactic variant of engolfar-se, infinitive of engolfar-se
Further reading
- “engolfar”, 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
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡowˈfa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡoʊ̯ˈfa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡowˈfa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡoʊ̯ˈfa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡowˈfa(ɾ)/ [ẽ.ɡoʊ̯ˈfa(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡowˈfa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.ɡoʊ̯ˈfa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡowˈfa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡoʊ̯ˈfa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡowˈfa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡoʊ̯ˈfa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡowˈfa(ɻ)/ [ẽ.ɡoʊ̯ˈfa(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡowˈfa(ɻ)/ [ĩ.ɡoʊ̯ˈfa(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ɡolˈfaɾ/ [ẽ.ɡoɫˈfaɾ], /ẽ.ɡɔlˈfaɾ/ [ẽ.ɡɔɫˈfaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ɡolˈfa.ɾi/ [ẽ.ɡoɫˈfa.ɾi], /ẽ.ɡɔlˈfa.ɾi/ [ẽ.ɡɔɫˈfa.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: en‧gol‧far
Verb
engolfar (first-person singular present engolfo, first-person singular preterite engolfei, past participle engolfado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of engolfar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Verb
engolfar (first-person singular present engolfo, first-person singular preterite engolfé, past participle engolfado)
- (nautical) to sail into a gulf
- (nautical) to sail into the high seas
- (reflexive) to bury oneself (in something); to put all one's attention into (something)
- Synonym: enfrascarse
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- Gloria leyó en alta voz la Vida de San Pablo Apóstol, La Cuna y la sepultura y Las cuatro pestes del mundo. Después se engolfó en la Política de Dios y Gobierno de Cristo
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of engolfar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of engolfar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive engolfar | dative | engolfarme | engolfarte | engolfarle, engolfarse | engolfarnos | engolfaros | engolfarles, engolfarse |
| accusative | engolfarme | engolfarte | engolfarlo, engolfarla, engolfarse | engolfarnos | engolfaros | engolfarlos, engolfarlas, engolfarse | |
| with gerund engolfando | dative | engolfándome | engolfándote | engolfándole, engolfándose | engolfándonos | engolfándoos | engolfándoles, engolfándose |
| accusative | engolfándome | engolfándote | engolfándolo, engolfándola, engolfándose | engolfándonos | engolfándoos | engolfándolos, engolfándolas, engolfándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative engolfa | dative | engólfame | engólfate | engólfale | engólfanos | not used | engólfales |
| accusative | engólfame | engólfate | engólfalo, engólfala | engólfanos | not used | engólfalos, engólfalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative engolfá | dative | engolfame | engolfate | engolfale | engolfanos | not used | engolfales |
| accusative | engolfame | engolfate | engolfalo, engolfala | engolfanos | not used | engolfalos, engolfalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative engolfe | dative | engólfeme | not used | engólfele, engólfese | engólfenos | not used | engólfeles |
| accusative | engólfeme | not used | engólfelo, engólfela, engólfese | engólfenos | not used | engólfelos, engólfelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative engolfemos | dative | not used | engolfémoste | engolfémosle | engolfémonos | engolfémoos | engolfémosles |
| accusative | not used | engolfémoste | engolfémoslo, engolfémosla | engolfémonos | engolfémoos | engolfémoslos, engolfémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative engolfad | dative | engolfadme | not used | engolfadle | engolfadnos | engolfaos | engolfadles |
| accusative | engolfadme | not used | engolfadlo, engolfadla | engolfadnos | engolfaos | engolfadlos, engolfadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative engolfen | dative | engólfenme | not used | engólfenle | engólfennos | not used | engólfenles, engólfense |
| accusative | engólfenme | not used | engólfenlo, engólfenla | engólfennos | not used | engólfenlos, engólfenlas, engólfense | |
Further reading
- “engolfar”, 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