dragar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

Perhaps from drac (“dragon”) +‎ -ar, i.e. "to devour in the manner of a dragon".

dragar (first-person singular present drago, first-person singular preterite draguí, past participle dragat)

1. (transitive) to swallow, to devour

   Synonym: tragar

• dragador

From draga +‎ -ar.

dragar (first-person singular present drago, first-person singular preterite draguí, past participle dragat)

1. (transitive) to dredge

• dragalina
• dragatge

• “dragar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April

draga +‎ -ar, from English drag.

• Hyphenation: dra‧gar

dragar (first-person singular present drago, first-person singular preterite draguei, past participle dragado)

1. to dredge

From draga +‎ -ar, borrowed from French drague, from draguer (“to dredge”), in turn borrowed from English drag (“to drag”).

• IPA^(key): /dɾaˈɡaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: dra‧gar

dragar (first-person singular present drago, first-person singular preterite dragué, past participle dragado)

1. to dredge

• “dragar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10