engloutir
French → English
(physical) Swallow up: to submerge or make something disappear into a depth; bury
L'océan a fini par engloutir l'épave du navire après la violente tempête.
(English) The ocean eventually swallowed up the ship's wreck after the violent storm.
Un tremblement de terre a englouti des villages entiers sous des coulées de boue.
(English) An earthquake swallowed up entire villages under mudslides.
(culinary) Devour: to eat something very quickly and greedily; bolt
L'enfant affamé a englouti son goûter en moins de deux minutes.
(English) The hungry child devoured his snack in less than two minutes.
Le prédateur a englouti sa proie d'un seul coup sans même la mâcher.
(English) The predator swallowed its prey in one go without even chewing it.
(finance) Squander: to consume or waste large amounts of money or resources; sink
Il a englouti toute sa fortune dans des investissements risqués au casino.
(English) He sank his entire fortune into risky investments at the casino.
La construction de ce barrage a englouti des milliards d'euros de fonds publics.
(English) The construction of this dam has swallowed up billions of euros in public funds.
Entry ID: fr:en:engloutir · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary