tragar

Significat (English)

1. (transitive) to swallow (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)
2. (transitive) to swallow, consume, absorb (take (something) in so that it disappears)
3. (transitive) to gulp, swallow, devour (eat quickly and eagerly)
4. (pronominal, transitive) to buy into, fall for (easily believe something without questioning)
5. (pronominal, transitive) to stand, tolerate
6. (colloquial, proscribed) to eat

Synonyms

engullir

🐺

deglutir

ingurgitar

devorar

absorber

enterrar

chupar

comérselo

ingerir

aceptar

🉑

llorar amargamente

sepultar

comer a bocallena

beber a tragos

beber demasiado

atipujar

embuchar

enamorado

Amb guionet com a

tra‧gar

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/tɾaˈɡaɾ/

Etimologia (English)

Cognate with català: dragar

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tragāre, possibly from Doric Greek τράγω (trágō), in which case cognate with Attic Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, “to eat, to swallow”). Alternatively, Coromines suggests an origin ultimately in dracō (“dragon”), via an attested tracō (“underground cavern”), in the sense of "that which swallows [things] up". Cognate with Catalan dragar, Aragonese, Galician, and Portuguese tragar.