Meaning of gluto | Babel Free

Definitions

1. act of swallowing
2. swallow, gulp

Examples

“[…][li] faris malbonan gluton kaj estis atakita de konvulsia tusado;[…]!”

[…] [he made a bad swallow and was] partially choking, […]!

“[…]post ĉiu gluto grincadi siajn dentojn.”

[…] grind her teeth after every sip.

“Der Mundschenk sah ihn schief an, gieng aber und wollte ihm aus einem andern Faß geben, das für des Königs Marschall war. Sprach der Löwe „halt! erst will ich den Wein versuchen,“ zapfte sich ein halbes Maaß und trank es, „der ist besser, aber noch nicht der rechte.“”

So he went down to the cellar with the cup-bearer, and when there, the latter wanted to draw him some of the ordinary kind, such as was drunk by the king's servants, but the lion cried, "Stop! I will taste the wine first," and drawing himself a pint, he gulped it down at a draught. "No," he said, "that is not the right kind."

“О́н попроси́л, что́б Ари́на Вла́сьевна его́ причеса́ла, поцелова́л у́ не́й ру́ку[,] и́ вы́пил глотка́ два́ ча́ю.”

He asked Arina Vlasyevna to comb his hair, kissed her hand[,] and swallowed a few sips of tea.

“Drengen tog Flasken frem, og Moderen satte den for Munden og drak en Slurk.”

The boy drew the bottle from his pocket, and the mother put it to her lips, and drank a little.

“Paŭlo per malgrandaj glutoj trinkis de la varmega kafo[…].”

Paul drank the hot coffee in small sips […].

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