tragar

Meaning

1. to inhale smoke from a cigarette
2. (literary) to gulp down, to swallow
3. (uncommon) to quaff (drink with vigour, in large draughts)
4. (uncommon) to devour; to engulf (to surround or cover)
5. (uncommon) to stand; to withstand (to resist or endure something successfully)

Concepts

swallow

down

gobble

bolt

drinking

inhale

quaff

eat

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Synonyms

engolir

devorar

deglutir

Translations

tragar

avaler

slikken

schlucken

inslikken

doorslikken

empassar-se

slokken

engolir

daûrandin

verschlucken

verschlingen

daqurtandin

englotir

ingurgiter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɾaˈɡa(ʁ)/

Etymology

Cognate with Catalan: dragar

In summary

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 Spanish tragar.