engullir

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Spanish

Etymology

From gula, or from a Vulgar Latin *ingullīre, from Latin gula. Compare Catalan and Portuguese engolir, Italian ingollare. Not cognate with English engulf, despite similar phonetics and meaning.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /enɡuˈʝiɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /enɡuˈʎiɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /enɡuˈʃiɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /enɡuˈʒiɾ/

  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧gu‧llir

Verb

engullir (first-person singular present engullo, first-person singular preterite engullí, past participle engullido)

  1. (transitive) to wolf, gulp down
  2. (transitive) to swallow up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of engullir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive engullir
gerund engullendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular engullido engullida
plural engullidos engullidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present engullo engullestú
engullísvos 		engulle engullimos engullís engullen
imperfect engullía engullías engullía engullíamos engullíais engullían
preterite engullí engulliste engulló engullimos engullisteis engulleron
future engulliré engullirás engullirá engulliremos engulliréis engullirán
conditional engulliría engullirías engulliría engulliríamos engulliríais engullirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present engulla engullastú
engullásvos2 		engulla engullamos engulláis engullan
imperfect
(ra) 		engullera engulleras engullera engulléramos engullerais engulleran
imperfect
(se) 		engullese engulleses engullese engullésemos engulleseis engullesen
future1 engullere engulleres engullere engulléremos engullereis engulleren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative engulletú
engullívos 		engulla engullamos engullid engullan
negative no engullas no engulla no engullamos no engulláis no engullan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of engullir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive engullir dative engullirme engullirte engullirle, engullirse engullirnos engulliros engullirles, engullirse
accusative engullirme engullirte engullirlo, engullirla, engullirse engullirnos engulliros engullirlos, engullirlas, engullirse
with gerund engullendo dative engulléndome engulléndote engulléndole, engulléndose engulléndonos engulléndoos engulléndoles, engulléndose
accusative engulléndome engulléndote engulléndolo, engulléndola, engulléndose engulléndonos engulléndoos engulléndolos, engulléndolas, engulléndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative engulle dative engúlleme engúllete engúllele engúllenos not used engúlleles
accusative engúlleme engúllete engúllelo, engúllela engúllenos not used engúllelos, engúllelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative engullí dative engullime engullite engullile engullinos not used engulliles
accusative engullime engullite engullilo, engullila engullinos not used engullilos, engullilas
with formal second-person singular imperative engulla dative engúllame not used engúllale, engúllase engúllanos not used engúllales
accusative engúllame not used engúllalo, engúllala, engúllase engúllanos not used engúllalos, engúllalas
with first-person plural imperative engullamos dative not used engullámoste engullámosle engullámonos engullámoos engullámosles
accusative not used engullámoste engullámoslo, engullámosla engullámonos engullámoos engullámoslos, engullámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative engullid dative engullidme not used engullidle engullidnos engullíos engullidles
accusative engullidme not used engullidlo, engullidla engullidnos engullíos engullidlos, engullidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative engullan dative engúllanme not used engúllanle engúllannos not used engúllanles, engúllanse
accusative engúllanme not used engúllanlo, engúllanla engúllannos not used engúllanlos, engúllanlas, engúllanse

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