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devorar

to devour

verb deh-boh-RAHR Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Also means

to consume greedily

Usage Note

Devorar is more vivid than comer — it implies eating ravenously or (figuratively) consuming something entirely, such as flames or curiosity: las llamas devoraron el edificio. It can also mean to read voraciously (devoró el libro en una tarde).

Examples

"El lobo devoró su presa en segundos."

Natural Translation

The wolf devoured its prey in seconds.

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