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lui ingoia

swallow, swallows; gulp down, gulps down, put up with, accept

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ingoi swallow + a 2nd-person singular imperative / 3rd-person singular present
verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #33,478
swallow, swallows; gulp down, gulps down This form can be either a command (“swallow!”) or the present-tense form “swallows.”
IT: Ingoia la medicina con un po’ d’acqua.
EN: Swallow the medicine with a little water.
put up with, accept Used figuratively, especially in the expression “ingoiare il rospo” (literally, “swallow the toad”), meaning to accept something unpleasant.
IT: Ingoia la delusione e vai avanti.
EN: Accept the disappointment and move on.
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Sì, gli metti il cibo in bocca e piano piano lo ingoia.

Yes, you put the food in its mouth and it slowly swallows it.

— Tumbbad (2018)

Ingoia.

Swallow.

— Bacurau (2019)

Ingoia il tuo orgoglio!

Swallow your pride!

Ingoia il rospo.

Swallow it.

Butta fuori più di quel che ingoia questi giorni.

These days, it puts out more than it takes in.

— La vita straordinaria di David Copperfield (2019)

Ingoia!

Swallow!

— I diabolici (1955)