Also means
to put up with, to endure
Usage Note
Tragar means to swallow food or liquid and colloquially to tolerate something unpleasant (no lo trago, I can't stand him). The phrase tragar saliva (to swallow hard) expresses anxiety or reluctance. Tragarse (reflexive) intensifies the sense of enduring something: se tragó el orgullo (he swallowed his pride).
Examples
"El niño no quería tragar la medicina."
Natural Translation
The child didn't want to swallow the medicine.
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