Italian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Late Latin ingluttīre, from Latin in + gluttiō (to swallow).[1] Cognate to Italian deglutire.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /in.ɡjotˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧ghiot‧tì‧re

Verb edit

inghiottìre (first-person singular present (in the literal meaning) inghiottìsco or (figuratively) inghiótto, first-person singular past historic inghiottìi, past participle inghiottìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to swallow
    Synonym: ingoiare
  2. (figurative) to suppress, to swallow (tears, sighs, etc.)
  3. (figurative) to swallow up, to engulf
  4. (figurative) to swallow up, to consume, to devour (resources)
  5. (figurative) to tolerate, to bear

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ “inghiottire” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN