inghiottire

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to swallow
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to suppress, to swallow (tears, sighs, etc.)
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to swallow up, to engulf
  4. (figuratively, transitive) to swallow up, to consume, to devour (resources)
  5. (figuratively, transitive) to tolerate, to bear

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
in‧ghiot‧tì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/in.ɡjotˈti.re/
Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin ingluttīre, from Latin in + gluttiō (“to swallow”). Cognate to Italian deglutire.

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