tragar

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈɡaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: tra‧gar

tragar (first-person singular indicative present trago, past participle tragáu)

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

Variant form of dragar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾaˈɣaɾ]

tragar (first-person singular present trago, first-person singular preterite traguí, past participle tragat)

1. (transitive) to swallow
2. (transitive) to devour

• tragador
• traganeu
• traga-sabres

• “tragar”, 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

From Old Galician-Portuguese tragar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Compare Portuguese tragar and Spanish tragar.

• IPA^(key): [tɾaˈɣaɾ]

tragar (first-person singular present trago, first-person singular preterite traguei, past participle tragado)

1. to swallow

   Synonyms: engulir, engulipar, galdir, gandir, imbar, mougar, gulapar, larpar

• atragoar
• trago
• tragueira

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tragar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trag”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tragar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tragar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tragar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tragar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tragar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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 Spanish tragar.

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: tra‧gar

tragar (first-person singular present trago, first-person singular preterite traguei, past participle tragado)

1. to gulp down
2. to quaff (drink with vigour, in large draughts)
3. to devour; to engulf (to surround or cover)
4. to stand; to withstand (to resist or endure something successfully)

   Synonyms: aguentar, aturar, suportar

5. to inhale smoke from a cigarette

• tragável

• “tragar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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.

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈɡaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tra‧gar

tragar (first-person singular present trago, first-person singular preterite tragué, past participle tragado)

1. (transitive, but often pronominal) to swallow (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)

   Dijo algo tan ridículo que casi olvidé tragarme la comida.

   He said something so funny that I almost forgot to swallow my food.

2. (transitive, but often pronominal) to swallow, consume, absorb (take (something) in so that it disappears)

   La oscuridad se tragó el bosque.

   The murk consumed the forest.

3. (transitive, but often pronominal) to gulp, swallow, devour (eat quickly and eagerly)
4. (transitive, pronominal) to buy into, fall for (easily believe something without questioning)
5. (transitive, pronominal) to stand, tolerate
6. (proscribed, colloquial) to eat

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

• “tragar”, 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