engolir

From gola or from Vulgar Latin *ingullīre, a verb based on Latin gula (“throat”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.ɡuˈli]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.ɡoˈliɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

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engolir (first-person singular present engoleixo, first-person singular preterite engolí, past participle engolit)

1. to swallow (to ingest)

• engolida
• engolidor

• “engolir”, 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
• “engolir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• engolar (Limousin)

From gola, or from an Old Occitan engolir, from a Vulgar Latin *ingullīre, from Latin gula.

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engolir (Languedoc)

1. to swallow (to ingest)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 259.

• engulir (obsolete)

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

• Hyphenation: en‧go‧lir

engolir (first-person singular present engulo, third-person singular present engole, first-person singular preterite engoli, past participle engolido)

1. (transitive) to swallow, to consume food
   1. (transitive) to eat very fast
2. (transitive, colloquial) to swallow, to believe, to accept
3. (transitive) to fail to pronounce

• engolir em seco