La Palabra Del Día "engullir"
engullir ( ehn-goo-yeehr' )
verb ( to gobble up, to wolf down, to guzzle )
Welcome to La Palabra Del Día
There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. For the Spanish sentences, edit your posts according to the native Spanish speaker's suggestions. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.
Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
How to post a picture
Examples:
1: Gabriel engulló los pastelitos que su mamá había preparado para la fiesta.
Gabriel wolfed down the cupcakes his mom had made for the party.
2: Las gallinas engulleron el maíz.
The hens gobbled up the corn.
12 Answers
It is sometimes scary how fast people start to wolf down the food at a thanksgiving dinner. You have to be early to get desserts.
A veces es aterrador cómo rápido la gente empieza a engullir bajar la comida en una cena de acción de gracias. Tienes que estar temprano para conseguir postres.
A veces un niño en una familia grande tiene que levantarse temprano
en la mañana antes de los otros engullir el desayuno.
Primero arriba, mejor vestido.
Sometimes a child in a large family has to get up early in the morning
before the others gobble up breakfast.
First up , best dressed.
At a Salvadorian restaurant, it's hard not to order as many pupusas as I can and not gobble them up.
En un restaurante salvadoreño, es difícil no pedir tantas pupusas que yo pueda y no engullirlas.
Nuestro gato solía comer su comida muy lentamente, pero si le dimos una lata de atún, la engulliría.
Our cat used to eat his food very slowly, but if we gave him a can of tuna, he would gobble it up.
Su propietario respondió a la puerta, y ahora van a engullir algunas hamburguesas.
Their owner answered the door, and now they are going to gobble up some hamburgers.
En el libro „Principito” el escritor mostró en dibujo, cómo la boa había engullido el elefante.
In the book "Little Prince" the writer showed in drawing, how the boa had devoured the elephant.
Después de engullir media botella de ginebra, no estaba en su mejor momento a la mañana siguiente.
After guzzling half a bottle of gin, he was not at his best the next morning.
Yo estaba enferma en Accion de Gracias sin apetito; estoy decepionada de que me perdí de engullir mis platos favoritos.
I was sick on Thanksgiving with no appetite; I'm disappointed that I missed out on wolfing down my favorite dishes.
A pesar de nuestro mejor esfuerzo, no pudimos engullir toda la comida que habíamos preparado para el día de acción de gracias, y quedaron muchas sobras.
Despite our best effort, we were not able to wolf down all the food we had prepared for Thanksgiving Day, and a lot of leftovers remained.
Cuándo como comida qué me gusta mucho, engullo tan rapido que me duele el estomago.
When I eat food that I like a lot, I gobble it so fast that my stomach hurts.
Siempre mis perros engullir su comida. Están glotón.
My dogs always wolf down their food. They are greedy.
En Australia no celebran la acción de gracias por supuesto. Tenemos que esperar hasta las navidades para engullir la comida especial.
In Australia we don't celebrate Thanksgiving of course. We have to wait until Christmas to guzzle special food.
