ingerire

to ingest

verb een-jeh-REE-reh Rare

Origin: Latin 'ingerere' (to carry in)

Also means

to swallow

Usage Note

Ingerire is a formal/medical verb for taking a substance into the body by mouth. It conjugates as a regular -ire verb with the -isc- insert in the present (ingerisco, ingerisci, ingerisce). The auxiliary in compound tenses is avere. It is the standard term in medical and toxicological contexts (ha ingerito una sostanza tossica = he ingested a toxic substance).

Examples

"Non ingerire farmaci senza prescrizione."

Natural Translation

Do not ingest medicines without a prescription.

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