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swallow Meaning in Italian (swallow significato in italiano)

verbinghiottire
nounrondine
Sinonimi:deglutireaccettarecredere
inghiottire in English:swallow
Plural: swallows
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Il significato di swallow in italiano è inghiottire, rondine. (Far passare cibo o bevande dalla bocca giù per la gola allo stomaco.)

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Definitions of Swallow

  1. 1
    verb
    inghiottire

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

    Far passare cibo o bevande dalla bocca giù per la gola allo stomaco.

  2. 2
    verb
    inghiottire

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

    Accettare o credere qualcosa, spesso senza metterne in discussione la validità.

  3. 3
    noun
    rondine

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

    Un piccolo uccello migratore dalle ali lunghe e dalla coda biforcuta, noto per il suo volo rapido e aggraziato.

Example Sentences

casual

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

Ha cercato di inghiottire la grossa pillola con dell'acqua.

casual

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

Era una verità difficile da inghiottire per lei.

casual

“A swallow flew gracefully across the evening sky.”

Una rondine volò aggraziata attraverso il cielo serale.

Synonyms (Sinonimi)

In Italian:

deglutireaccettarecredere

In English:

Antonyms (Contrari)

In Italian:

rigurgitarevomitarerifiutare

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.