tragar
Meanings
Verb
1. to swallow (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach) (transitive, but often pronominal)
2. to swallow, consume, absorb (take (something) in so that it disappears) (transitive, but often pronominal)
3. to gulp, swallow, devour (eat quickly and eagerly) (transitive, but often pronominal)
4. to buy into, fall for (easily believe something without questioning) (transitive, pronominal)
5. to stand, tolerate (transitive, pronominal)
6. to eat (proscribed, colloquial)
Examples46
La oscuridad se tragó el bosque.
The murk consumed the forest.
Dijo algo tan ridículo que casi olvidé tragarme la comida.
He said something so funny that I almost forgot to swallow my food.
No nos pudimos tragar su historia.
We could not swallow his story.
No puedo ni tragar.
I can't even swallow.
No lo traga nadie.
Nobody likes him.
¡Te lo has tragado!
Fooled you!