engullir

Spanish

Etymology

From gula, or from a Vulgar Latin *ingullīre, from Latin gula. Compare Catalan and Portuguese engolir.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /enɡuˈʝiɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡuˈʝiɾ]

• 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]

Verb

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