swallow1

Pronúncia: ˈswɒləʊ
    noun
  1. glop, tirada, traguet.
  2. [act] engoliment, empassada.
  3. [gullet] gola.
  4. (at / with) one swallow d'un glop, d'una tirada.
    5. transitive verb
  5. empassar-se, engolir, encanyonar, enviar-se, deglutir.
  6. [bait] empassar-se.
  7. he swallowed the lot s'ho va empassar tot.
  8. just swallow this pill pren-te aquesta píndola.
  9. to swallow up engolir, empassar-se.

  10. figurative empassar-se.
  11. to swallow an insult encaixar un insult.
  12. to swallow one's pride posar-se l'orgull a la butxaca.
  13. he swallowed the story es va empassar la història.
  14. to swallow one's words retractar-se, fer-se enrere, desdir-se.
  15. to swallow up [savings, etc.] exhaurir, consumir.
  16. (idem) [of the sea] engolir.
  17. the mist swallowed them up la boira els embolcallà.
  18. they were soon swallowed up in the darkness aviat van ser engolits per la foscor.
    19. intransitive verb
  19. to swallow, to swallow hard figurative empassar-se la saliva.



    20. Vegeu també:
    swallow2