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engordar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fat noun A soft, greasy substance stored in the body (or found in food) that provides energy.
  • fatten verb To make an animal or person fatter, often by feeding them richly.
  • flesh noun The soft tissue of a human or animal body, especially muscle and fat, as distinct from bone.
  • stall noun A small stand or booth where goods are sold, as in a market.
  • tallow noun A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants.

Senses

engordar is used for these senses in English:

  • fat (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
  • fatten (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
  • fatten (intransitive, of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter.
  • flesh (transitive) To put flesh on; to fatten.
  • stall To keep close; to keep secret.
  • tallow (transitive) To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.

fat — full definition

  1. noun A soft, greasy substance stored in the body (or found in food) that provides energy.
  2. adj Having a large amount of body fat; overweight.
  3. noun The most valuable or wasteful part of something, as in "trim the fat" from a budget.

fatten — full definition

  1. verb To make an animal or person fatter, often by feeding them richly.
  2. verb To make something bigger or thicker, especially a fund or amount of money.

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