tragar

/tɾaˈɡaɾ/, [t̪ɾaˈɣ̞aɾ]

swallow


Verb tragar (first-person singular present trago, first-person singular preterite tragué, past participle tragado)

  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.
    He said something so funny that i almost forgot to swallow my food.
  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.
    The murk comsumed the forest.
  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

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Tom está batallando para tragar.

    Tom is having a hard time swallowing.

  • Me duele la garganta al tragar.

    My throat hurts when I swallow.

  • No nos pudimos tragar su historia.

    We could not swallow his story.

  • No puedo tragar estas pastillas sin un vaso de agua.

    I can't swallow these tablets without a drink of water.


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