tragar saliva
Spanish
Verb
tragar saliva (first-person singular present trago saliva, first-person singular preterite tragué saliva, past participle tragado saliva)
- to gulp (react nervously by swallowing)
- to suck it up
Further reading
- “tragar saliva”, 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