engullir

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /enɡuˈʎiɾ/, [ẽŋɡuˈʎiɾ]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /enɡuˈɟ͡ʝiɾ/, [ẽŋɡuˈʝiɾ]

Verb

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

  • Rule: Any unstressed i immediately after a root ending in ll, ñ or i is always absorbed.
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