swallow in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for swallow in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.swallow¹ [Brit ˈswɒləʊ, Am ˈswɑloʊ] N (gulp)

swallow (of liquid)

sorso m

swallow (of food)

boccone m

in one swallow drink

in un sorso or tutto d'un fiato

in one swallow eat

in un (solo) boccone

II.swallow¹ [Brit ˈswɒləʊ, Am ˈswɑloʊ] VB trans

1. swallow (eat):

swallow food, drink, pill

inghiottire, ingoiare, buttare giù

swallow oyster

risucchiare

2. swallow (believe) inf:

swallow story, explanation

bere

I find that hard to swallow

lo trovo difficile da buttare giù

3. swallow (suffer):

swallow insult, sarcasm

inghiottire, ingoiare, sopportare

swallow anger, disappointment

reprimere

swallow pride

rinunciare a

4. swallow (consume):

swallow fig

inghiottire

swallow fig

trangugiare

III.swallow¹ [Brit ˈswɒləʊ, Am ˈswɑloʊ] VB intr

swallow

inghiottire

swallow (nervously)

inghiottire amaro

to swallow hard

ingoiare un boccone amaro

swallow² [Brit ˈswɒləʊ, Am ˈswɑloʊ] N ZOOL

swallow

rondine f

one swallow doesn't make a summer prov

una rondine non fa primavera

swallow dive [Brit, Am ˈswɑloʊ daɪv] N Brit SPORTS

swallow dive

tuffo m ad angelo

swallow fish [ˈswɒləʊfɪʃ] N

swallow fish

pesce m rondine

swallow fish

pesce m volante

swallow-wort [Am ˈswɑloʊwərt] N BOT

swallow-wort

vincetossico m

swallow back VB [ˈswɒləʊ -] (swallow back [sth], swallow [sth] back)

swallow back bile, anger, vomit:

swallow back

ringhiottire

swallow down VB [ˈswɒləʊ -] (swallow down [sth], swallow [sth] down)

swallow down drink

tracannare

swallow down medicine, meal

ingollare, ingurgitare

barn swallow [ˈbɑːnˌswɒləʊ] N

barn swallow → swallow

See also swallow¹, swallow²

I.swallow¹ [Brit ˈswɒləʊ, Am ˈswɑloʊ] N (gulp)

swallow (of liquid)

sorso m

swallow (of food)

boccone m

in one swallow drink

in un sorso or tutto d'un fiato

in one swallow eat

in un (solo) boccone

II.swallow¹ [Brit ˈswɒləʊ, Am ˈswɑloʊ] VB trans

1. swallow (eat):

swallow food, drink, pill

inghiottire, ingoiare, buttare giù

swallow oyster

risucchiare

2. swallow (believe) inf:

swallow story, explanation

bere

I find that hard to swallow

lo trovo difficile da buttare giù

3. swallow (suffer):

swallow insult, sarcasm

inghiottire, ingoiare, sopportare

swallow anger, disappointment

reprimere

swallow pride

rinunciare a

4. swallow (consume):

swallow fig

inghiottire

swallow fig

trangugiare

III.swallow¹ [Brit ˈswɒləʊ, Am ˈswɑloʊ] VB intr

swallow

inghiottire

swallow (nervously)

inghiottire amaro

to swallow hard

ingoiare un boccone amaro

swallow² [Brit ˈswɒləʊ, Am ˈswɑloʊ] N ZOOL

swallow

rondine f

one swallow doesn't make a summer prov

una rondine non fa primavera

swallow up VB [ˈswɒləʊ -] (swallow up [sth], swallow [sth] up)

swallow up

inghiottire [qc] also fig

to be swallowed up in the crowd

essere inghiottito dalla folla

I wanted the ground to swallow me up

sarei voluto sprofondare

Translations for swallow in the Italian»English Dictionary

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deglutire

to swallow

swallow in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for swallow in the English»Italian Dictionary

swallow [ˈswɑ:·loʊ] N

swallow ZOOL:

swallow

rondine f

Phrases:

one swallow doesn't make a summer prov

una rondine non fa primavera prov

I.swallow¹ [ˈswɑ:·loʊ] VB trans

swallow

ingoiare inf

II.swallow¹ [ˈswɑ:·loʊ] VB intr

swallow

deglutire

III.swallow¹ [ˈswɑ:·loʊ] N

swallow

sorso m

swallow up VB trans (absorb)

swallow up

mangiare

swallow down VB trans

swallow down

trangugiare

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to swallow the bait inf

abboccare all'amo

Translations for swallow in the Italian»English Dictionary

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rondine

swallow

ingerire

to swallow

deglutire

to swallow

inghiottire

to swallow

fagocitare

to swallow up

swallow Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be a bitter pill to swallow

essere duro da mandar giù

one swallow doesn't make a summer prov

una rondine non fa primavera prov

to swallow one's pride

soffocare l'orgoglio

to swallow the bait inf

abboccare all'amo

to get sb to swallow sth

darla a bere a qu fig inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

But times change with supply and demand and big business can swallow up smaller operators.

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Third, experts will swallow (or, more often, spit) and examine the taste sensations for a second life or aftertaste, again searching for more flavor notes.

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But it is not this big to swallow up mammals such as tree shrews or rats.

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Then tongs were used to prise his mouth open after he refused to swallow excrement.

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When a dive is successful, gannets swallow the fish underwater before surfacing, and never fly with the fish in their bill.

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When the mountains finally dissolve in the seas, the volumes of seawater will brim over and the resulting tidal wave will swallow up cities and communities along the coastline.

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Accountants would find this business model hard to swallow.

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Once the prey in stuck onto the line, the cave worms uses its mouth to haul up the fishing line and swallow the insect.

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It appears some of the city's demands are too hard to swallow.

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These fused bundles of several thousand large cilia are able to bite off pieces of prey that are too large to swallow whole almost always other ctenophores.

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