engolir sapo

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Literally, "to swallow a toad". Compare Hungarian lenyeli a békát, French avaler un crapaud and German eine Kröte schlucken. === Verb === engolir sapo (first-person singular present engulo sapo, third-person singular present engole sapo, first-person singular preterite engoli sapo, past participle engolido sapo) (intransitive, idiomatic) to swallow a bitter pill, to bite the bullet (to endure or withstand something painful or difficult)