swallow
 noun
 andoriña
EN The swallows nested in the drawing-room; the floor was strewn with straw; the plaster fell in shovelfuls; rafters were laid bare; rats carried off this and that to gnaw behind the wainscots.
GL As andoriñas aniñaban na sala; o chan estaba cuberto de pallas; a escaiola caía a moreas; as trabes quedaban ó descuberto; os ratos levaban isto ou aquilo para rillalo detrás do zócolo.
 Fonte: CAR (2109)
transitive or intransitive verb
tragar
EN Stephen swallowed down the thing again and tried to keep his legs and his voice from shaking.
GL Stephen volveu a tragar a cousa tentando que non lle tremesen as pernas nin a voz.
Fonte: RET (1279)
engulir
EN They showed he did not damn the poor little universe entirely, for on an evening like this, he thought, looking at the land dwindling away, the little island seemed pathetically small, half swallowed up in the sea.
GL Eles eran a proba de que non arrenegaba totalmente deste pobre universo cativo, pois, nun serán coma aquel, pensou mentres miraba para a terra que se perdía ó lonxe, o illote semellaba pateticamente pequeno, medio engulido polo mar.
Fonte: CAR (992)
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sustainable, sustained, sustaining, sustenance, swab, swaddle, swaggering, Swahili, swain, swallow, swamp, swan, swanky, swap, swarm, swarthiness, swarthy, swastika, swat