engullir

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From gula, or from a Vulgar Latin *ingullīre, from Latin gula. Compare Catalan and Portuguese engolir, Italian ingollare. Not cognate with English engulf, despite similar phonetics and meaning.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /enɡuˈʝiɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡuˈʝiɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /enɡuˈʎiɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡuˈʎiɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /enɡuˈʃiɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡuˈʃiɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /enɡuˈʒiɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡuˈʒiɾ]

  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧gu‧llir

Verb[edit]

engullir (first-person singular present engullo, first-person singular preterite engullí, past participle engullido)

  1. (transitive) to wolf, gulp down
  2. (transitive) to swallow up

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