A2verb · transitive · rare

swallow

swallow · swallows · swallowed · swallowing

ковтати, глитати

глотать, проглотить, глотнуть

schlucken, akzeptieren, verschlucken, ertragen

To cause to pass from the mouth into the stomachTo cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

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UK/ˈswɒl.əʊ/US/ˈswɑ.loʊ/

» My throat hurts when I swallow.

Mir tut beim Schlucken der Hals weh.

У меня болит горло, когда я глотаю.

Мне больно глотать.

Коли я ковтаю, в мене болить горло.

Meaning

8 senses

(transitive)To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
schlucken, verschlucken
глота́тьglotátʹ, проглоти́тьproglotítʹ, глотну́тьglotnútʹ
ковта́тиkovtáty, глита́тиhlytáty
(transitive)To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
(intransitive)To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.
My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.
(transitive)To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
schlucken, akzeptieren
believe or accept without questioning or challenge
(intransitive)To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
(transitive)To retract; to recant.
to swallow one's opinions
(transitive)To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
to swallow an affront or insult
schlucken, abfinden mit, hinnehmem
(euphemistic, slang, vulgar)To swallow semen after oral sex, as opposed to spitting it out.

Examples

340 sentences

My throat hurts when I swallow.
Коли я ковтаю, в мене болить горло. — deniko
ruУ меня болит горло, когда я глотаю. — marafon
deMir tut beim Schlucken der Hals weh. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom has swallowed it.
Том його проковтнув. — deniko
ruТом его проглотил. — odexed
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I swallowed a bug.
Я проковтнув жука. — deniko
ruЯ букашку проглотил. — marafon
deIch habe einen Käfer verschluckt! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I'm not swallowing that.
Я цього не ковтатиму. — deniko
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I swallowed the pill.
Я проковтнув таблетку. — deniko
ruЯ проглотил таблетку. — marafon
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach:

Русский

By meaning 1

to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach:

to take in, to consume:

to believe or accept:

to put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation:

Origin

From Middle English swolwen, from Old English swelgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swelgan,

From Middle English swolwen, from Old English swelgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swelgan, from Proto-Germanic *swelganą (“to swallow, revel, devour”), from Proto-Indo-European *swelk- (“to gulp”). Cognate with Dutch zwelgen (“to revel, carouse, guzzle”), German schwelgen (“to delight, indulge”), Danish svælge (“to swallow”), Norwegian Bokmål svelge (“to swallow”), Norwegian Nynorsk svelgje (“to swallow”), Swedish svälja (“to swallow, gulp”), Faroese svølgja (“to swallow”), Icelandic svelgja (“to swallow”), Old English swillan, swilian (“to swill, wash out, gargle”). See also swill.

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Forms

swallows, swallowing, swallowed, swallowed

Base form	swallow · to swallow
3rd person singular	swallows
Present participle	swallowing
Past simple	swallowed
Past participle	swallowed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	swallow
he, she, it	swallows

Past simpleLesson

all persons

swallowed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have swallowed
he, she, it	has swallowed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will swallow

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

67 synonyms

consumeB1 eatA1 gulpB2 absorbB1 engulfB2 assimilateC2 corporateB2 integrateB2 buyA1 creditA2 occupyB1 recallB1 withdrawB2 endureB1

Close in meaning

take back what one has said:take back unsay withdraw
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking:get down
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing:immerse swallow up bury eat up
tolerate or accommodate oneself to:accept live with

Word family

13 related words

Derivedforswallow misswallow preswallow reswallow swallowability swallowable swallow down swallower swallow up swallow whole unswallow unswallowed upswallow

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle