| inglês > português |
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| swallow |
| 1. engolir, deglutir |
| 2. andorinha |
| inglês > inglês |
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| swallow |
| 1. v. To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. |
| 2. v. To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb. |
| 3. v. (intransitive) 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. |
| 4. v. To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept. |
| 5. v. To engross; to appropriate; usually with up. |
| 6. v. To retract; to recant. |
| to swallow one's opinions |
| 7. v. To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation. |
| to swallow an affront or insult |
| 8. n. (archaic) A deep chasm or abyss in the earth. |
| 9. n. The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing. |
| He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water. |
| 10. n. (Nigeria) Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing. |
| 11. n. 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. |
| 12. n. (nautical) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves. |
| português > inglês |
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| engolir |
| 1. v. to swallow, to consume food |
| 2. v. to eat very fast |
| 3. v. to swallow, to believe, to accept |
| 4. v. to fail to pronounce |
