Engolida

Engolida is the feminine singular past participle of the Portuguese verb engolir, meaning swallowed or ingested. It is used as an adjective to describe something that has been swallowed, and appears in constructions that express a completed action or a state resulting from swallowing. Examples include phrases like a pílula engolida (the swallowed pill) or o líquido engolido (the swallowed liquid).

In typical usage, engolida accompanies a noun to specify what has been swallowed. For instance, a pílula engolida rapidamente chegou ao estômago (the swallowed pill quickly reached the stomach). The form can also function in a predicative sense, as in a cidade engolida pela névoa (the city swallowed by the fog), illustrating how the participle can describe a subject affected by swallowing or being consumed by something else.

Etymologically, engolida derives from the verb engolir, meaning to swallow. The participle agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies, following standard Portuguese grammar for past participles used as adjectives or in passive-like constructions.

Engolida is not commonly used as a standalone proper noun in standard references. When capitalized as Engolida, it may appear as a rare surname or an invented place name in fictional contexts, but it does not correspond to a widely documented geographic, organizational, or historical subject.

See also: engolir, swallowed in various contexts, and related figurative expressions such as “engolir sapos.”