Meanings (ES + gloss)
engolfar • engullir • envolver • sepultar • sumirse en • tragar
To overwhelm.
Depression engulfed her after her daughter's death.
Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.
cubrir • sumergir
To surround; to cover; to submerge.
Only Noah and his family survived when the Flood engulfed the world.
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