tragar saliva

Spanish

Verb

tragar saliva (first-person singular present trago saliva, first-person singular preterite tragué saliva, past participle tragado saliva)

1. to gulp (react nervously by swallowing)
2. to suck it up

Further reading

• “tragar saliva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10