engullir

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Spanish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /enɡuˈʝiɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡuˈʝiɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /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

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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

Conjugation

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Further reading

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