Pronunciation IPA: /'swælow/ Noun swallow Small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds by catching insects on the wing. Translations Albanian: dallëndyshja Basque: enara Belarussian: ластаука (lastauka) Breton: gwennili-siminal Bulgarian: селска лястовица (selska ljastovica) Catalan: oreneta Croatian: lastavica Czech: vlaštovka Danish: svale (landsvale) Dutch: zwaluw f, boerenzwaluw f Esperanto: hirundo Estonian: suitsupääsuke Faroese: svala Finnish: haarapääsky French: hirondelle f Frisian: swel, boereswel) Friulian: cisile, sisile Galician: andoriña f German: Schwalbe f Greek: χελιδόνι (khelidhoni) Hungarian: füstifecske Icelandic: svala, landsvala Indonesian: Interlingua: hirundine Irish: fáinleog Italian: rondine Japanese: 燕 (ツバメ, tsubame) Ladin: rondola Latin: hirundo, Hirundo rustica Latvian: bezdelīga Lithuanian: kregždė Lower Sorbian: jaskolicka Macedonian: ластовица (lastovica) Maltese: ħuttafa Mandarin: 燕子 (Pinyin: yānzi) Nahuatl: cuicuizcatl Norwegian: svale (låvesvale) Occitan: ironda Polish: jaskółka, dymówka Portuguese: andorinha f Romanian: rândunică, lăstun Romansh: randulina Romany: pitsagoy m, rindilashka f Russian: ласточка (lastočka) Sami: spálfu, suorrespálfu, láhtospálfu Sardinian: mongixedda, arrůndine/-i Scottish: aileag Serbian: ласта (lasta) Slovak: lastovička Slovenian: lastovka Spanish: golondrina f Swedish: svala (ladusvala) Turkish: kır kırlangıcı Ukrainian: ластівка (lastivka) Upper Sorbian: łastojčka Welsh: gwennol Yiddish: Verb To cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach. Translations Dutch: slikken, doorslikken French: avaler Interlingua: glutir, inglutir, deglutir, ingurgitar Portuguese: engolir, deglutir, ingurgitar Spanish: tragar, engullir, deglutir, ingurgitar
swallow