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swallow Meaning in Spanish (swallow significado en español)

verbtragar
noungolondrina
tragar in English:swallow
Plural: swallows
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de swallow en español es tragar, golondrina. (Hacer pasar alimento o bebida de la boca por la garganta hasta el estómago.)

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Swallow visual illustration - Meaning in Spanish (tragar)
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Definitions of Swallow

  1. 1
    verb
    tragar

    To cause food or drink to pass from the mouth down the throat into the stomach.

    Hacer pasar alimento o bebida de la boca por la garganta hasta el estómago.

  2. 2
    verb
    tragar

    To accept or believe something, often without questioning its validity.

    Aceptar o creer algo, a menudo sin cuestionar su validez.

  3. 3
    noun
    golondrina

    A small, long-winged migratory bird with a forked tail, known for its swift and graceful flight.

    Un pájaro migratorio pequeño, de alas largas y cola bifurcada, conocido por su vuelo rápido y elegante.

Example Sentences

casual

“He tried to swallow the large pill with water.”

Intentó tragar la pastilla grande con agua.

casual

“It was a difficult truth for her to swallow.”

Fue una verdad difícil de tragar para ella.

casual

“A swallow flew gracefully across the evening sky.”

Una golondrina voló grácilmente por el cielo nocturno.

Synonyms (Sinónimos)

In Spanish:

ingerirasimilartragarse

In English:

Antonyms (Antónimos)

In Spanish:

escupirvomitarrechazar

In English:

spit outregurgitateexpel

Inflected Word Forms

past tenseswallowed
gerundswallowing
agent nounswallower

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

swallow one's prideidiom

To humble oneself; to accept something humiliating or to do something one considers beneath oneself.

swallow a bitter pillidiom

To accept an unpleasant or difficult situation or fact.

swallow one's wordsidiom

To be forced to retract something one has said, often due to being proven wrong.