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tragar

to swallow

verb trah-GAHR Rare

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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