swallow in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for swallow in the English»Serbian Dictionary

swal·low¹ ['swɒləʊ] N

swallow

lasta f

I.swal·low² ['swɒləʊ] N

1. swallow (action):

swallow

gutanje nt

2. swallow (quantity):

swallow

gutljaj m

II.swal·low² ['swɒləʊ] VB trans

1. swallow:

swallow (eat)

progutati // gutati

swallow (greedily)

prožderati // proždirati inf

swallow (greedily)

halapljivo pojesti // jesti

2. swallow usu passive ECON fig (take over):

swallow

progutati perf

3. swallow fig (mumble):

swallow

mrmljati nešto

4. swallow fig (engulf ):

building swallowed up by fire

zgradakoju je progutala vatra

5. swallow fig inf (believe unquestioningly):

swallow

progutati // gutati fig

swallow

lakoverno poverovati // verovati

6. swallow fig (suppress):

swallow disappointment

potisnuti // potiskivati

swallow disappointment

zatomiti

swallow disappointment

progutati // gutati

to swallow one's pride

progutati ponos

to swallow one's words

povući reč inf

III.swal·low² ['swɒləʊ] VB intr

swallow

progutati // gutati

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to swallow one's pride

progutati ponos

he wished the ground would open up and swallow him

poželeo je da se zemlja otvori i proguta ga

swallow Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he wished the ground would open up and swallow him

poželeo je da se zemlja otvori i proguta ga

to swallow one's pride

progutati ponos

to swallow one's words

povući reč inf

to swallow one's pride

progutati ponos

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

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

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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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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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It has a slow buoyant flight compared to barn swallow.

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In this version, there are seven daughters, and the last one eats the hand by pounding it into a pill she can swallow.

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If the blood glucose falls too low a person can become disoriented and unable to swallow.

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The cost of living in a care home is likely to swallow up half the value of a family house, say researchers.

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Accountants would find this business model hard to swallow.

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

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For a time he wore large rimless glasses that seemed to swallow his eyes.

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