Meaning
to swallow
- To cause food, liquid, or medicine to pass down the throat.
- To engulf, consume, or swallow up completely (literal or figurative).
In a sentence
Bevi un po' d'acqua per inghiottire la pastiglia più facilmente.
Drink some water to swallow the pill more easily.
Il buio della notte ha inghiottito la strada deserta.
The darkness of the night swallowed up the deserted road.
Ha dovuto inghiottire l'ennesimo rospo per non litigare con i colleghi.
He had to swallow yet another bitter pill to avoid arguing with his colleagues.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| inghiottire | infinitive |
| inghiottisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| inghiottisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inghiottisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inghiottiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| inghiottite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inghiottiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inghiottivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| inghiottivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| inghiottiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| inghiottivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| inghiottivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| inghiottivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| inghiottii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| inghiottisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| inghiottì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| inghiottimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| inghiottiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| inghiottirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| inghiottirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| inghiottirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| inghiottirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| inghiottiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| inghiottirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| inghiottiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| inghiottisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| inghiottisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inghiottisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inghiottiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| inghiottiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inghiottiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inghiottissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| inghiottissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| inghiottisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| inghiottissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| inghiottiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| inghiottissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| inghiottirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| inghiottiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inghiottirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inghiottiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| inghiottireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inghiottirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inghiottisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| inghiottiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| inghiottite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| inghiottendo | gerund |
| inghiottito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes the '-isc-' infix in the present: 'inghiottisco', 'inghiottisci', etc.
- Can be used transitively with auxiliary 'avere'.