Ingerendo
Ingerendo is the gerund of the Italian verb ingerire, meaning to swallow or ingest. It denotes the act of taking substances into the body through the mouth, including food, drink, and medications. The term appears in everyday Italian as well as in medical, nutritional, and pharmacological contexts to describe ingestion. Etymology traces the word to Latin ingerere (to bring in, to enter), via the Italian verb ingerire.
As a gerund, ingerendo is used to indicate ongoing action. For example, sto ingerendo una pillola means
- In everyday language, ingere or ingere una pillola is common when referring to taking medicine.
- In medical or nutritional writing, ingestione is the preferred noun for the act of taking in food
- The gerund ingerendo can function as a descriptive form in narratives or descriptions of ongoing processes.