digerir

Senses

1. 1.

   to digest

   to break down food in the stomach and intestines

2. 2.

   to digest, to process

   to mentally absorb or comprehend information or experiences

3. 3.

   to accept, to come to terms with

   to emotionally process or accept something difficult or unpleasant

Examples

• "Alimentos gordurosos são difíceis de digerir."

  Fatty foods are hard to digest.

• "Preciso de tempo para digerir todas essas informações."

  I need time to process all this information.

• "Ela ainda não conseguiu digerir a notícia da demissão."

  She still hasn't been able to come to terms with the news of her dismissal.

Usage

Regular -ir verb. Very commonly used figuratively to mean mentally or emotionally processing something. Common collocations: "digerir a informação" (process information), "digerir a derrota" (accept defeat), "difícil de digerir" (hard to digest/accept).