tragar

See also: trágár

Asturian

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of tragar

infinitive		tragar
gerund		tragando
past participle		m tragáu, f tragada, n tragao, m pl tragaos, f pl tragaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	trago	tragues	traga	tragamos	tragáis	traguen
	imperfect	tragaba	tragabes	tragaba	tragábemos, tragábamos	tragabeis, tragabais	tragaben
	preterite	tragué	tragasti, traguesti	tragó	traguemos	tragastis, traguestis	tragaron
	pluperfect	tragare, tragara	tragares, tragaras	tragare, tragara	tragáremos, tragáramos	tragareis, tragarais	tragaren, tragaran
	future	tragaré	tragarás	tragará	tragaremos	tragaréis	tragarán
	conditional	tragaría	tragaríes	tragaría	tragaríemos, tragaríamos	tragaríeis, tragaríais	tragaríen
subjunctive	present	trague	tragues, tragas	trague	traguemos	traguéis	traguen, tragan
	imperfect	tragare, tragara	tragares, tragaras	tragare, tragara	tragáremos, tragáramos	tragareis, tragarais	tragaren, tragaran
imperative		—	traga	—	—	tragái	—

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈɣaɾ/

Verb

1. to swallow

   Synonym: engulir

Related terms

• atragoar
• trago

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trag”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “tragar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly from Latin tractus (“plundered, squandered, extracted”)

Verb

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

Synonyms

• (to withstand): aguentar, aturar, suportar

References

• Dicionario Aberto

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Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Latin draco (“dragon”) in the sense of one who swallows or devours. Or, possibly from Ancient Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, “eat”) (English trout and troglodyte) or Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (dragkjan, “make drink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈɡaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈɣ̞aɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive, but often takes a reflexive pronoun) to swallow (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)

   Dijo algo tan ridículo que casi olvidé tragarme la comida.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (transitive, but often takes a reflexive pronoun) to swallow, consume, absorb (take (something) in so that it disappears)

   La oscuridad se tragó el bosque.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (transitive, but often takes a reflexive pronoun) to gulp, swallow, devour (eat quickly and eagerly)
4. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to buy into, fall for (easily believe something without questioning)
5. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to stand, tolerate

Derived terms

• atragantar
• estragar
• tragadera
• tragador
• tragafuegos
• trágala
• tragaleguas
• tragalibros
• tragaluz
• trágame tierra
• tragamonedas
• tragantón
• tragar saliva (“to gulp”)
• tragasables
• trago
• traguear

 

References

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