engullir
Spanish
Etymology
From gula, or from a Vulgar Latin *ingullīre, from Latin gula. Compare Catalan and Portuguese engolir, Italian ingollare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /enɡuˈʝiɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡuˈʝiɾ]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /enɡuˈʎiɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡuˈʎiɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /enɡuˈʃiɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡuˈʃiɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /enɡuˈʒiɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡuˈʒiɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: en‧gu‧llir
Verb
engullir (first-person singular present engullo, first-person singular preterite engullí, past participle engullido)
- (transitive) to wolf, gulp down
- (transitive) to swallow up
Conjugation
Conjugation of engullir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | engullir | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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 |
Further reading
- “engullir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014