engulf

[US]/ɪnˈɡʌlf/
[UK]/ɪnˈɡʌlf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. envolver ou engolir; consumir avidamente ou vorazmente.
Word Forms
Gerúndioengulfing
Terceira pessoa do singularengulfs
Particípio passadoengulfed
Passado simplesengulfed
Pluralengulfs

Phrases & Collocations

engulfed in flames

engolido por chamas

engulfed by water

engolido pela água

Example Sentences

the cafe was engulfed in flames.

O café foi engolido por chamas.

Europe might be engulfed by war.

A Europa pode ser engolida pela guerra.

The little boat was engulfed by the waves.

O pequeno barco foi engolido pelas ondas.

The waves engulfed the boat.

As ondas engoliram o barco.

a feeling of anguish so great that it threatened to engulf him.

um sentimento de angústia tão grande que ameaçava consumi-lo.

A photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house darkness.

Um fotógrafo fundiu as luzes, engolindo a escuridão de toda a casa.

The walls of the sinuses are lined with endocytic cells which engulf any foreign particles that might be present in the lymph.

As paredes dos seios nasais são revestidas de células endocíticas que engolem quaisquer partículas estranhas que possam estar presentes na linfa.

All the way, darkness engulfs the daytime, wave sinks the boat, trivialism conquers the ardour.

Todo o caminho, a escuridão engole o dia, a onda afunda o barco, o trivialismo conquista a paixão.

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