Meanings (ES + gloss)
golondrina
A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
deglutir • engullir • gandir • ingurgitar • tragar
To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
Clothes are to be worn and food is to be swallowed: they remain trapped in the physical world.
What the liquor was I do not know, but it was not so strong but that I could swallow it in great gulps and found it less burning than my burning throat.
deglutir
To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.
My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.
She swallowed nervously then, appearing near sick with what she had to say.
comérselo • tragar
To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
Most newspapers we saw swallowed whole an S.R. estimate that it would cost £20m to equip the Region with point heaters.
this humbug was readily swallowed by men who were supposed to be intelligent,
tragar
To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
to swallow an affront or insult
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