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swallow Meaning in French (swallow signification en français)

verbavaler
nounhirondelle
avaler in English:swallow
Phonetic:avale
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La signification de swallow en français est avaler, hirondelle. (Faire passer des aliments ou des boissons de la bouche dans l'estomac par la gorge.)

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Swallow visual illustration - Meaning in French (avaler)
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Definitions of Swallow

  1. 1
    verb
    avaler

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

    Faire passer des aliments ou des boissons de la bouche dans l'estomac par la gorge.

  2. 2
    verb
    avaler

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

    Accepter ou croire quelque chose, souvent sans remettre en question sa validité.

  3. 3
    noun
    hirondelle

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

    Petit oiseau migrateur aux longues ailes et à la queue fourchue, connu pour son vol rapide et gracieux.

Example Sentences

casual

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

Il a essayé d'avaler la grosse pilule avec de l'eau.

casual

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

C'était une vérité difficile à avaler pour elle.

casual

“A swallow flew gracefully across the evening sky.”

Une hirondelle a traversé gracieusement le ciel du soir.

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Antonyms (Antonymes)

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.