engouffrés

engouffrés

"Engouffrés" means "engulfed" or "swallowed up."

The word 'engouffrés' is used here to describe a quick and eager movement of entering a place, conveying a sense of urgency or decisiveness.

Les enfants se sont engouffrés dans la maison pour éviter la pluie.

The children rushed into the house to avoid the rain.

Here, 'engouffrés' indicates the act of inserting or placing items hastily and perhaps without much care.

Les documents compromettants furent engouffrés dans un coffre-fort.

The compromising documents were stuffed into a safe.

In this context, 'engouffrés' metaphorically describes being surrounded or overwhelmed by a situation or state, emphasizing the intensive aspect.

Après l'accident, il semblait que tout le quartier avait été engouffré dans un chaos total.

After the accident, it seemed that the whole neighborhood had been engulfed in total chaos.